Long over due update...

Steve wrapped up round two of his clinical trial. So that would be 2 rounds of treatment spaced 3 weeks apart, then waiting another 3 weeks before redoing all of his scans. He had his scans last Thursday and met on Friday to get results and discuss what is next. 

The results: The good news is there are no new tumors anywhere! The tumors in Steve's brain have grown a tiny bit since his last scans in January. They are still considered very small though. His lung tumors have not changed, but the tumor on his kidney has grown roughly 1cm since January. The ones near his lymph nodes in that area have not changed. Because of this it appears that the clinical trial is not working for Steve. He was taken out of the trial on Friday with the recommendation to start radiation on the tumor on his kidney. Steve and Cathy opted to return closer to home for treatment moving forward. The cost of travel and stay in Rochester was just getting to be too much for them. The tentative plan is to do radiation on his kidney, then start chemo again. We are hoping insurance will also approve immunotherapy to be done at the same time as chemo. 

Steve meets with his oncologist in Willmar tomorrow afternoon where a more detailed plan will get discussed. The biggest thing will be to get him going on treatment ASAP so that it doesn't spread anymore. 

Thanks for the continued prayers! ❤️