Thursday at 3:30pm - Updates from Pete

Update at 3:30pm on Thursday ---------
Mattie is in Clinic getting MTP to be followed by platelets. Vicki met with Drs. Snyder and Toretsky and here is the news: Mattie's four lung lesions are still present; two of the lesions are unchanged and two appear that they might have increased in size by a millimeter. However, the two lesions that have appeared to have increased are still too small to definitively conclude that they are cancerous metastases (commonly called "mets"). Also, the increase in size from the last set of scans could also be attributed to a measurement error. So in other words, there is no conclusive proof that these are cancerous mets. We are presently taking this as good news since most importantly, there are no new mets in his lungs, and that the possible increase in the size of two of the mets could be explained away through measurement error. Regardless, we are certain that we will want these lesions removed from Mattie's lungs once his chemo ends in mid-May, so Vicki and I are now turning to the hunt for a pulmonary oncology specialist as well as the top-notch surgeon specializing in this type of surgery. Also, given the location of the lesions the surgery will be performed arthroscopically (versus having the crack the rib cage). More to come later.......


Update from 2:00pm on Thursday ---------
As of Thursday at 2:00pm, Mattie has just completed his bone scan and CT Scan. Vicki will update the blog later on the experiences from this morning (as it was anything but straight-forward). Mattie and Vicki are now in clinic and Mattie has been pre-medicated for his MTP. Mattie will also be getting an infusion of Platelets today, so it looks like it's going to be a marathon day for Mattie and Vicki once again. More to come later....