Matt sitting infront of the Mayo, Gonda Building.
Shows' how big all the Mayo buildings are. Same Gonda Building that Matt had his test and Doctor appointment.
Matt waiting a a very large waiting room waiting to get his blood test.
We had a bad night sleep. Matt didn't take his pain pill or his sleeping pill due to the test he had in the
morning. He had a hard time sleeping due to the noise and his pain in his leg. I made the mistake of getting a hotel without a pool. Matt and I talked about it and decided to check out this morning and get a hotel with a pool for tonight. We hurried up and packed the car and checked out. I got a room with a pool. We left our car in the the parking lot of the first hotel and started to walk to the Mayo clinic. As we crossed the street we found out the hotel I booked is just across the street. We laughed about it and continued our walk to the Gonda building. We checked in and they sent us up to the ninth floor. So we went to the ninth floor and checked in there also. We gave them all Matt's paperwork we brought from home and all the copies ot the CT-Scans and Pet scan. They told Matt he has a blood test at 8:30 and a Doctor appointment at 9:30.
We went back downstairs for the blood test. We were amazed at how many people were down there for a blood test. Then we went back upstairs for the Doctor appointment. We waited for over a hour and fifteen minutes. We got in to see Dr. Kevin McKian. He had already gone through the paperwork we had brought and his CT-Scans. He asked Matt some questions and we asked him some questions.
Dr. McKian said that our Doctors back home, Dr. Holen and Dr. Eastman has been right on track doing everything possible they could do for Matt. They said the test they took showed that Matt's organ's are
healthy and pass their test for him to be eligible for three clincial trials at Mayo Clinc. Dr. McKian thought
it gives Matt three more options. He called and got Matt's name on their waiting list. This way Matt can say no if he does not want to do them or if he is still waiting for the UW-Madison clincial trail then he could decide to do one at the Mayo clinic.
Then Dr. McKian brought Dr. McKayla Banck in to see Matt.. She reasured us that our Doctors were doing a great job.
They did mention a test, K-Rass Or EGFR test done on Matt's sample of tumors they took out the very first surgery from October, 2008. This test would show if Matt would be able to handle a different type of chemo treatment. They don't want to do the chemo if the test shows it will not help him. We are waiting to
see if the insurance will pay for this very expensive test.
Both Dr. McKian and Dr Banck said the cancer in Matt's pelvic bone is what is causing him all his pain. They said Matt should go home and get 7 days of radition on his pelvic bone. This would stop the spreading and the pain in his leg. We told them we had talked about it before we left home.
Matt has a Dr. appointment with Dr. Holen on Wednesday and will talk about what happened at Mayo Clinic and abou doing radition. So by the time we were done talking with both Doctors it was 11:30 and
they told us no more tests and we could go home.
Matt and I were excited. We cancelled the hotel for the night and happily headed for home. We got
to Madison at 3:30. We stopped to shop for a bit and get something to eat. Matt had not eaten since
the night before. He had to fast for his blood test. When we got in the car to head home we eat some
snack food to hold us over until we could stop. We got to Madison and we were hungry!!
We surprised our families that we were home! It was really good to hear our Doctors have been doing a
great job for Matt.! We got Matt's name on three lists for different clinical trials. It gives Matt more options.
We also got a second opinion on doing radition on Matt's pelvic bone.
We are very thankful to God for the safe trip to Minnesota and back. We are very thankful for the two Doctors that gaves us their opinion. Thank you to everyone for your continued prayers.
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