We traveled to Houston from Hallettsville on Sunday, after doing a good Hallettsville Market Day on Saturday. Monday was a day off at the RV resort in Houston...we did some world class vegging.

Today, after lab work and IV start, we saw Dr. Amaria, Rusty's primary Melanoma physician.  He was cleared to have his final infusion of Avastin, the drug to treat the radiation necrosis in the brain, and otherwise she said that Rusty "looks good".  The plan at this point is to do a brain MRI in three weeks and to see Dr. Chung, the radiation neuro-oncologist to evaluate the the success of the four Avastin infusions in treating the necrosis.

Dr Amaria also plans to see him on that day (June 12), and will make a determination about additional chemo treatments with Abraxane, a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat melanoma.  The infusion was given...took about an hour...and we did a little shopping, then back to the trailer where Rusty crashed at 8 PM....he's always tired after these days of walking, waiting, and getting stuck.

In general, he feels pretty good.  He does tire easily in the hot weather, but is able to do repairs around the house, take care of the yard, truck, car and trailer and to help around the house.  He has times of confusion and memory lapses which we attribute to "chemo brain", a somewhat common, temporary condition of many folks being treated with chemotherapeutic agents.  Rusty gets frustrated by that and by the fact that, since he had a seizure in April, he is restricted from driving for six months, but his attitude is mostly positive.

Headed home tomorrow morning. No pix this time,....I forgot to shoot some...sorry.   We'll be back in three weeks.  Keep storming heaven with prayers for us (in the words of Ruth Baltz.)...and thanks.