News from the doctors

After weeks of waiting, we have finally heard from the tumor board about what the next step is in Remington's treatment...... it's wait. The doctor's want us to have Remi go thru two more treatments and then they will take another picture of his tumor to check the size. They have determined that the tumor has shrunk by 80% so far. Remi is a victim of his own success. Because it has been reduced so much they want to see how much more they can shrink the tumor before he goes into surgery. If he stays on schedule, that means the first part of July will be his surgery date. At this time they are going to remove his third rib for sure, the ribs next to it will have to wait and see what they find when they get inside.
Remington's counts are up, that means today is the start of the next round of chemo therapy. This will be the 5 day course of treatment. If there is no side effects, Remi will go home tomorrow afternoon some time. He will then come in to the clinic for daily treatments for the rest of the week. We will try to be more proactive in keeping the blog up to date. Take care.