The good news-yesterday we were able to finish all of Jared's pretrial testing done in two visits at UCLA. He went back to school today. The not so good news-because the biopsy results were not completed, he could not begin the medicine. So, that means that we have to get him back from school in the next two weeks or all the pretrial testing is invalid. After he begins the new medicine, he has to return to UCLA every two weeks, for the first 12 weeks of the trial. He is the only candidate in the UCLA study, others around the country, but since Basal Cell Nevis syndrome is so rare, about 900-1,000 cases nationwide, the studies don't come up very often. We are not sure whether to try and do this, or wait until summer. But after graduation, Jared wants to get a job in the Monterey area. So, not sure if that would be any better. We need prayer on this one.
This round of chemo has hit Dwayne hard. Along with the fatigue and nausea, he is experiencing fevers in the morning, headaches and body aches. Yesterday was the last dose of this round, Yea!!! He will have an MRI in a couple of weeks. We don't have a date yet.
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