Whew! We've been busy over the past few weeks! We have been traveling to LA for a new clinical trial in Santa Monica. We just go for the day and we are home by 8pm, so don't think of us as always out of town.
Stu is feeling really good and responding well to the clinical trial, the chemo and to the new device he wears called Optune. This device sends electrical waves through his head to slow the growth of bad cells.
Stu gets the chemo just once every 6 weeks, he gets the clinical trial medication once a week with 2 weeks on/1 week off. Stu wears the Optune device on his head as long as he can every day. It doesn't hurt, but it gets warm sometimes which makes it hard to be out in the full sun at high noon.
We snuck away during his week off of treatment to go to Kona Hawaii for a little summer vacation. We left a very hot Northern California to hit 90* temps in Kona... not quite as tropical feeling as we had thought. The pools, beach and snorkeling with Manta Rays were all still amazing. All in all, it was a really relaxing trip.
We are hunkering down now for the rest of the summer as Stella has an internship at a really amazing company with a wonderful friend overseeing her progress and education. We are so proud of Stella for taking the leap and trying out a work experience like this!
Jaida is in summer school and is having the time of her life! She absolutely loves her classmates and it's pretty likely that not much actual work is taking place....
We are keeping Grandma busy helping out with the driving on our travel days to LA and she has been really supportive of our kids busy social activities.
Stu is totally up for visitors! Please text both of us if you want to stop by... sometimes Stu doesn't check his phone, whereas mine is usually near me. My cell is 650-776-6476/ Stu's is 650-776-6559.
Happy summer everyone!
Stu and Sandi, Stella and Jaida too!
