Quick Update

Sorry we didn't post back sooner.

Brody got his chemo as scheduled last friday. Unfortunately the surgeons had not had a chance to evaluate Brody's scans prior to his scheduled chemo. We spoke to Brody's oncologist about "holding" his chemo til we hear from surgery but Brody's oncologist did not feel comfortable about doing this as there is not guarantee that the surgeons will agree to attempt the surgery and he didn't think it prudent to withold it without a plan in place. Trish and I discussed this and we agreed with his judgement- We were both kind of wanted to get the ball rolling and do anything to move this along to get this going. Trish palpatated Brody's belly again on Thursday and to her the tumor felt a little bit smaller (was lower anyway) then the previous week. His "bulge" on his left back (is still subtle) and did not look any bigger, so if the tumor is growing still, it is doing so slowly.

Trish and I did speak to Brody's doctor about having the tumor board at Memorial Sloan Kettering also evaluate Brody for surgery again also-- this is so we have another set of eyes looking at it and also because Dr La Quaglia there specializes in doing surgery on tumors including Sarcomas and may think he can attempt it when the local surgeons may not... we thought getting concurrent evaluations may move this process along. With Brody receiving his Bevacizumab last Friday, he earliest he could have surgery would be 4 weeks after that. As mentioned previously Brody receives Bevacizumab every 2 weeks.

Anyway-- Brody has continued to feel well. He could eat a little better (still finicky) but for the most part he has a good appetite and feels fine. His hair is continuing to grow and he is about due for a haircut.

Really, thats about it with us.... the boys are continuing their homeschooling and doing pretty well for the most part.

Thats about it for now....

Bill