8/17: Maximum Dose of A10

In a few minutes I will be preparing the bags, tubing, and pump at the maximum dose of antineoplaston A10! This is a huge milestone for Leo. He's been such a trooper and we think he's doing better at home -- not that Houston was so bad. Starting tonight, though, he will be receiving 210mL of A10 every 4 hours. At about 75mL per hour, this bag will be pumping into Leo for almost 3 hours! If I remember correctly, the second bag of antineolaston AS2-1 will be increased Saturday to 15mL, which means only 4mL more until he's at the max of AS2-1 as well.

The abscess near Leo's port seems to be getting better with the daily dressing changes, antibiotic cream, and cephalexin. We're still working on getting a "routine." The only one we have right now is not sleeping, although Marina does more of that than I. We still have mini-battles to get Leo to take the decadron and antibiotic, but we're finding ways. He's let his guard down a little so we've been able to trick him, which is something no one's been able to do in about a year. We need to schedule Leo's September MRI before it gets too close to the date to ensure we don't have issues being first that day. We're not expecting a lot at this point. Maybe we'll be able to start reducing the decadron by then, though...