We are up at Dana Farber today for Ceil to start the second cycle of the clinical trial. With this cycle, we will come to Boston only once per week for a treatment. At the beginning of each cycle they will do an MRI to see how the treatments are working. So today is the first big day to see if the trips and the hours invested in Boston are paying off.
Based on the way Ceil has been the last couple of weeks with more energy, better memory and the ability to walk around with only some assistance to make sure she doesn't take any quick rights into a wall, my money was on it was working and getting better. But even with these signs, the scan would be the actual confirmation that the drug is working.
I am glad to let you know that the scans showed a positive improvement in both her head and spine. While there is still work to be done and the continuation of the treatments will hopefully continue the depletion of any active cells, this is the best news we could get today.
The advances they have made in cancer research over the past twenty years is what we owe this good news to! And we got the good news the week of the Relay for Life, a cause that raises money for the American Cancer Society. Whatever we need to do as a community and a society to keep the research going until NONE OF US needs to worry about cancer in the future is when we can stop fighting. There's been great support of the Ava'sMom team and other teams in the Berlin Relay - let's keep it up! Donate here
Thanks everyone!
Tonight, kiss your loved one, let them know you love them and raise a cocktail in honor of our great news!!! Pictures of cocktails are welcomed at vbiscoglio@gmail.com or on my Facebook page.
