Friday, June 20, 2008

We saw the medical oncologist today and he said that the CAT scan looks good, but reminded us that it was done without contrast to protect Al's kidneys and is not as accurate. They will do a PET scan when he is 6 months out of treatment. That will be the big one, which will determine if they got all of the cancer. All we can do is wait now. As for Al's kidney's, his creatinine levels came back down to what they were prior to treatment. That is good news. I think anything over 1.2 was something to be concerned about, and Al is at 1.4. So it's not really that off. He did refer him to a kidney specialist. We'll see what comes of that. He is still anemic. The doctor said that 14 and up is normal. Al is only 9.3. They are going to check his thyroid too because the doctor said it felt a little bit big. We had been told prior to treatment that it would most likely get damaged from the radiation. That's easy to correct though. He would just have to take a pill, like I've been doing since I was 12 years old! Work has been going well this week. He does seem tired from it, but he isn't complaining. He said he'd like to go back to his regular schedule the first of next month. We will see the medical oncologist in a month. They won't be checking his blood every week anymore. Looks like we are slowly getting back into our old routine.

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