I apologize for the late blog this month... our MDAnderson visit on March 12 was another smooth event and there's not really any news.  Rusty's labs were good (normal), the doc and melanoma team are very pleased with his appearance and his response to the therapy, and his immunotherapy infusion was unremarkable.  

He has had 24 months of immunotherapy and next month he will have "re-staging scans" to determine the status of his cancer.  At that time his primary melanoma physician, Dr. Amaria, will make a determination as to the frequency of his future visits....perhaps longer between visits if scans are good.

Rusty's miraculous recovery from the brink of death (medical team words) to his full life today is due in large part to receiving immunotherapy along with other measures.  The man responsible for developing immune therapy is Dr. Jim Allison, an immunologist, now at MDAnderson.  There is an excellent movie on Netflix "Jim Allison: Breakthrough".  It is the story of how a harmonica playing, party boy from Alice, Texas came to be so determined to find a cure for cancer  He overcame all sorts of serious obstacles and went on to win the Nobel Prize.  Whether or not you have a loved one with cancer, I highly recommend this 90 minute movie.

Like you all, we are taking all COVID 19 precautions...we cancelled our trip to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska...actually "postponed" it until things are less threatening.

More next month after the scans.  Thanks once again for your support, love and prayers.