Check-up good -- continue the course

Monday, Conan had blood work and his second Avastin treatment at UIHC.  That night he started his second set of temodar (5 days, at home).

Blood work came back as expected, white blood count good, platelet count starting to dip a bit as chemo is hard on that mechanism.  All numbers good enough to start the second round of chemo.

The average for this regimen is six months.  And so that's the target they are shooting for now.

Henry started to really crawl the last couple weeks and is providing lots of giggles and love.

Chemo plan

Temodar (in pill form like before) starting now for 5 day cycles once every 4 weeks.  Not sure of the duration yet, but we'll see how things go.

And then in two weeks Conan will also start Avastin.  It will be given via IV once every 2 weeks at UIHC.  This is to interrupt blood supply to the tumor area.  It is used for other types of cancer but it's use for brain tumors is a newer treatment.  Again, not sure of the duration, but docs will monitor his ability to weather the drugs.

All of this feels deflating after being so pleased that the surgery went well, but it's all just part of the climb back to wellness.