Blood Tests and Next Steps

Shawn Jr has been feeling really nauseous over the last couple of weeks.  It has been rough.  The last few days have been particularly hard.  We spoke with our PA at MD Anderson and she said it was best to have some blood tests done to see if the immunotherapy was causing problems with his organs.  We understand that sometimes immunotherapy can cause the body's own immune system to attack otherwise healthy tissue in the body.

We took Shawn to a lab yesterday and had those blood tests done.  We are awaiting those results.

Shawn Jr has several appointments next week - May 28th and 29th - at MD Anderson.  These are appointments with radiation (for potential radiation on this head and neck), a follow-up with pulmonary (checking on his lungs), a consult with Dr. Hwu in the melanoma department and his third immunotherapy treatment.  We will be headed down to Houston on Tuesday (if not before).

As of this week, Shawn is halfway through the initial 12-week immunotherapy treatment period.


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