Back to Mayo's on Monday

We're engaged in a full-court press now, with appointments at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Monday and Tuesday. We'll be meeting with the Neurology and Neurosurgery groups over the course of the two days.

In the meantime, we found out that MD Anderson will do a "Is he a surgical candidate or not?" evaluation free of charge and without requiring a trip to Houston within a few days of receiving the scans and records. Those are being ordered/gathered/sent as I type, and we should get an answer from them next week. We want to make sure that all options are evaluated.

The new chemo mix of Avastin/CPT-11 is being readied upon the return from Mayo's. Unsure yet on when Dad may start on that, as if surgery is an option, that will likely be the route taken first to try and get rid of as much of the tumor as possible.

Our first road trip in the new Pilot on Sunday. I'm flying back on Saturday and will have the pleasure of driving the new car with Mom and Dad North to Minnesota. Tracy is going to hang back with Rich and the kids and try to wait for us before Baby Sister arrives in the next few weeks.

Thanks for all of the calls, notes, and prayers. We couldn't do this without all of your support.

I will be updating the blog as regularly and as close to real-time as possible. Cell phone minutes are at a premium right now, and are $.45/minute if we go over, so the blog will be a great place to get information.