Today Dad had a "check up" appointment with Dr. Spencer after his treatment. The clinic had a machine down and we actually met with her BEFORE the treatment. She was very nice and informative again today. So far our experience with UAB has been wonderful. (Unlike the visit last March if you remember!!!!!). She looked at the neck and believes he still has some bacterial infection on the neck skin area so prescribed another round of antibiotics. She went over his symptoms and felt things were going well. We asked her about why he had only twelve visits as opposed to the 4 weeks we had heard before and she explained that once the board reviewed all the radiation that his spinal cord and brain had gotten already, they decided this was the amount of treatments he could "safely and effectively" receive. She did mention that they wanted to monitor him after this number of treatments and that they were "holding a few in their pockets". We trust to believe that this is the plan we need. He is feeling well..a little tired, but that is to be expected. The "happy pill" is such a blessing to get through the treatments!
We will meet with the doctor again next Wednesday. I hope she will give us a plan for the next couple of months. As far as I know, he will have to heal 4-6 weeks from radiation before the next scans will be done. Please pray that this radiation will work and kill the cancer cells still growing. I believe it ...I visualize it!
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