Phew!

Brain cancer is...

Victory breakfast at Tiverton House

...stable, UCLA confirmed.  Phew.

Dr. Cloughesy confirmed that the tumor is not growing.  The edema is about the same.


Darrell went in with the plan of hoping to up the steroid dosage a bit.  Alex said that our negotiation skills were sadly lacking because, instead of increasing the dosage slightly, we left with directions on how to taper off of them, with the eventual goal of Darrell taking no steroids at all.


That's just tongue-in-cheek.  It's healthier not to be on steroids, and it's encouraging that that should be our current course of action.  Bye, bye, Doughnut Darrell.  Good thing we went to Stan's yesterday.  It will help with quality sleep as well.


Here are a couple more pics of the morning:


Dr. Cloughesy demonstrating similarity in tumor size, July and August.

Dr. Cloughesy and Alex, talking residency program shop




Once again we experience profound gratitude for the many members of Team D., and for their varied strengths.  That's you.  Thank you for your continued support on this journey.