And a little bit more

We are getting more information, just a little bit at a time. The visit to Dr. Cheng, Dwayne's oncologist in the area, was positive yesterday. It had been five weeks since Dwayne saw him. He was pleased with his balance, strength and speech. He also had an explanation for the swelling that Dwayne had last week. It is caused by the steroid that he has been on since March. He is tapering it off and will be completely done with it in a week. The next MRI will be done the week of August 8th. Dr. Cheng feels it is best to wait until six weeks after the radiation. He also will not decide the next step until Dwayne is seen by the lymphoma specialist at UCLA. We are waiting for the approval from the insurance for that.

Today we did get a call that there is an opening in the day program in the rehab unit beginning August 1st. The rehab doctor feels that he has progressed enough to go there instead of having the therapists come to the house. There is more the physical therapist can do with him there. He will go three mornings a week for three hours each time.