E1 Update

Things don't always go as scheduled . . .

E1 did get his "copper targets" inserted as scheduled . . . except he got four instead of three. We're not sure exactly what that means.

The scheduled CT didn't work out quite as well. He was there as scheduled, but unfortunately, the machine "broke." "Run some errands and come back in an hour," they said. Errands? No errands to run when you live two hours away. Off to lunch they went. An hour later came the phone call informing them that the machine would not be up and running today and they'd call next week to reschedule his appointment. Nothing like a trip to Reno for, well, nothing.

The call came today at 2:30 pm . . . his appointment was rescheduled for today at 3:30 pm. Did I mention he lives two hours away? "Oh, I guess we can reschedule for tomorrow then."

So, E1 is traveling back to Reno tomorrow and hopefully he'll get his CT scan and all that goes along with it. Then maybe, just maybe, we can get his radiation schedule and get things moving.

Oh and remember how it was anticipated that he'd have to live in Reno for the nine weeks of radiation? Well, at the last appointment, the doctor mentioned FOURTEEN weeks rather than nine. There are apparently 44 sessions of radiation . . . I think we erroneously assumed that he would be receiving radiation five days a week; hence the 9 weeks total. Quite possibly, he will be receiving radiation only three days a week, which could stretch things out even past fourteen weeks. We'll let you know as we know.