8/29: MRI Done Today...Results Tomorrow
Although Dr. Gonzalez showed-up about 15 minutes late to Leo's MRI, he had a good excuse: surgery. Leo's MRI went without a hitch and we were out of recovery in record time. This process started last night, at about 10:30, when the last dose of antineoplastons ended. I disconnected and turned-off the pump and Leo woke-up only once at night, just before 2am. He was hungry, but not thirsty. I gave him a little something and after going back to sleep we all woke-up at 6am. Leo was absolutely ravenous, but with only 3 hours to go until the MRI we couldn't give him anything to eat. So those last few hours leading up to our brief visit to Lutheran General weren't good ones. Afterwards, of course, Leo ate and ate. I think he only had one meal today -- it started at about 11am and ended recently at 8:30pm!
We got 2 CDs with the MRI scans on them. One is already on its way to Houston and will arrive tomorrow before 10:30am via UPS. I should also be getting a call afterwards with Dr. Khan's or Dr. Dolgopolov's analysis. I have a feeling that at about 10:35 I will be calling them! The other disc is here, at home. Needless to say, I looked at it for a while today. Tried to compare today's to the previous one, but just couldn't. Some things seemed to look better (not sure exactly what that means). Other things, maybe not (again, not sure). So we don't really know because nothing was obvious. Are bright areas good? Are dark ones? That's probably why radiologists make the big bucks (right, Lisa? :) Thought I was anxious for today...I'm really anxious for tomorrow.
Leo's mood today was very good (so I'm not expecting much tomorrow). He even tried to sit-up a few times when he was laying down. I don't know what this means, other than a cure being in the works. I'm not making-up or seeing anything not there, but there are signs of hope all around Leo.
Stan the Man came through with someone familiar with the FDA and its rigmarole, in light of those U of I chemists' discovery I posted yesterday. No surprises there. It's very difficult to even get a Phase I trial, never mind Phase II, or consider children -- they seem to always go last when it comes to these things. But even if those chemists are on the right track, unfortunately at this point there's nothing there except interesting research. Besides, Leo will be cured by the time they're ready! Speaking of cure, one of Leo's fellow fighters, Chase Sammut, is hope from the hospital and things are looking up! James Neubauer is still fighting the infection and hopefully will be home shortly.
Last, but definitely not least, thanks to everyone for the e-mails, letters, calls, and other support. Leo's grandparents, who are definitely putting in as much overtime as humanly possible, deserve a special tribute and we know there's just one form of thanks they, and everyone else, want.
We got 2 CDs with the MRI scans on them. One is already on its way to Houston and will arrive tomorrow before 10:30am via UPS. I should also be getting a call afterwards with Dr. Khan's or Dr. Dolgopolov's analysis. I have a feeling that at about 10:35 I will be calling them! The other disc is here, at home. Needless to say, I looked at it for a while today. Tried to compare today's to the previous one, but just couldn't. Some things seemed to look better (not sure exactly what that means). Other things, maybe not (again, not sure). So we don't really know because nothing was obvious. Are bright areas good? Are dark ones? That's probably why radiologists make the big bucks (right, Lisa? :) Thought I was anxious for today...I'm really anxious for tomorrow.
Leo's mood today was very good (so I'm not expecting much tomorrow). He even tried to sit-up a few times when he was laying down. I don't know what this means, other than a cure being in the works. I'm not making-up or seeing anything not there, but there are signs of hope all around Leo.
Stan the Man came through with someone familiar with the FDA and its rigmarole, in light of those U of I chemists' discovery I posted yesterday. No surprises there. It's very difficult to even get a Phase I trial, never mind Phase II, or consider children -- they seem to always go last when it comes to these things. But even if those chemists are on the right track, unfortunately at this point there's nothing there except interesting research. Besides, Leo will be cured by the time they're ready! Speaking of cure, one of Leo's fellow fighters, Chase Sammut, is hope from the hospital and things are looking up! James Neubauer is still fighting the infection and hopefully will be home shortly.
Last, but definitely not least, thanks to everyone for the e-mails, letters, calls, and other support. Leo's grandparents, who are definitely putting in as much overtime as humanly possible, deserve a special tribute and we know there's just one form of thanks they, and everyone else, want.
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