Celebrating Date Night

Brain cancer is...

 ..celebrating Date Night.

There is much to celebrate this lovely Saturday night.  Here are some of the things we're celebrating:

1. Darrell finished his first month's worth of double chemo unscathed.  He's a warrior.  He'll do 11 more cycles, once each month, before Temozolomide is in the rear view mirror.
2. Darrell's first week with Optune went very smoothly. He keeps looking over his shoulder to find the source of that quiet whirring sound.  Thus far, it's always been the cooling fan in his backpack, not a bad guy.  
3. Andi's family medical leave from CSUF was approved for academic year 2016-2017.  We feel greatly relieved!  I have enough sick time to cover the entire year with full pay.
4. Poliovirus for recurrent GBM recently received "Breakthrough Status" from the FDA.  Read about it at the National Brain Tumor Society.  (This article does a great job of explaining what the change in FDA status means and of placing the promise within an overall context.  Fingers crossed that Darrell will never need it, but it's great news that poliovirus might be available for him in the future if necessary.)

We're thinking about you, hoping that you're mentally sending us your items for celebration to add to our list.  Hugs.