November 26, 2013

He lives.

So today was a big day. We did the immunotherapy at a very low dose via a shot to see if it could be tolerated (unlike getting it through the mediport which we think helped lead to the big episode) and it was. This is great news.

As a result, treatment can be continued and we can keep bumping up the dosage until we get the desired effect: the fever that lets us know we're stimulating the immune system response. The second piece of this was regenerating platelets to a level high enough to administer low-dose chemotherapy, which it appears we have.

Let's recap the 3 step plan: 1) boost the immune system - accomplished via shot on Monday. 2) trigger immune response - accomplished today via shot and slight reaction. 3) damage the malignant cells still lurking in the body - to be accomplished tomorrow via low-dose directed chemotherapy. Repetition of these three steps ensues to bury the disease and train the immune system to recognize the malignant cells as such. Set go.

The only bad news is about the Giants. And, well, is it really bad news? Really can't be dealing with their schtick for the rest of the year. They're just awful. Chalk this season up to a lost cause, I say. Terrible.

I'll try to update more often as we go along, but treatment should get tougher so we'll see how it goes. Until next time...#Andre44Heisman (let's go BC Eagles wooooooooo).