Corpus Christi bound!


Rusty was discharged from MDAnderson yesterday, Friday.  While he is still weak, he is lucid and mostly back to his old self.  Thanks to a most conscientious physical therapist he is walking with a walker and can get in and out of bed, chairs and trouble unassisted.  Jeff convoyed home with us and our first stop, after leaving Houston and its suburbs, was at our regular haunt, Prasek's Smokehouse, where Rusty really lit into a plate of ribs...making up for lost time!

Rusty is having some discomfort in the muscle of one leg and the doc believes that it may be a small cancer.  We are due back in the melanoma clinic on January 9, and it will be assessed then.  In the meantime, we can call in and go back anytime before then if he in having severe pain or problems.

There was never a conclusive decision as to the definitive cause for this episode of fever, confusion and lethargy, but he was treated for bacterial and viral encephalitis/meningitis, and well as for seizure activity.  In the event that the targeted chemotherapeutic agents he was taking daily were the culprit, those were discontinued.  An EEG did indicate some minor seizure activity, and he is now back on driving restrictions which is SO hard for him.  He is, however,  infinitely grateful for the outstanding medical care he received for these past 11 days, for his recovery, and for the chance to now be back in his happy place in Flour Bluff America!

Merry Christmas and Love to all of you...