Though the pain management team is still trying to find the right combination of drugs for Killian, his pain seems to be responding to a combination of Methadone and Neurontin at present. The pain isn't gone, but he's not in crisis anymore. The docs just confirmed that the pain is from swelling and that the swelling is caused by what looks (from last night's scan) to be some blood and necrotic tissue. In other words, this inhibitor can slow or stop the development of the of blood vessels needed to feed his tumors, thus starving them of what they need to grow. In a best case scenario, the inhibitor shrinks the tumor by causing tumor cells to die (a.k.a. necrosis). Right now, we have the best case scenario. The VEGF Trap is putting a hurt on the tumor!
This does mean there's still a lot of swelling and we need to address that (because it hurts our dear boy). But, we're moving in the right direction!!!!
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Hi, this is Jack Sommer. My family and I are glad to hear the good news! We read the blog on a daily basis to check on how Killian is doing. Please give our regards and best wishes to Killian. Feel free to e-mail and if there's anything we can do let us know.
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