Update on Kevin

Taken from Cynthia's facebook:

"Back from another quick trip to UCLA, all is well! No changes for Kevin, checkup in 2 months! We are very humbled every visit:) COUNT your blessings!!"

Kevin's appointment at UCLA

Kevin, Cynthia, Mom & Julie left yesterday Monday, May 25th (Memorial Day) for Kevin's MRI & doctor appointment today on Tuesday, May 26th.  We left fairly early yesterday morning hoping to miss a lot of the holiday traffic, but it was pretty crowded and took us about 6 hours just to get to Los Angeles.  

We checked into the hotel near the UCLA medical plaza and then drove down to Santa Monica Beach.  It was hard to find a parking spot because of the holiday, so we did a lot of walking.  We sat on the beach in the sand for a while watching the ocean and the weather actually got a little chilly and we wished we had jackets with us.  

We went to dinner at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. on the pier and had a delicious seafood dinner.  "Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get".  Afterward we got a couple of funnel cakes with powdered sugar and strawberries to share for dessert.  By then it was dark and was getting pretty cold.  

This morning Kevin's MRI appointment was at 7:00.  We went and ate breakfast afterward and then walked over to the medical plaza for his doctor's appointment at 9:00 AM.  The MRI showed some changes from two months ago but the doctor said that more than likely it is blood in the cavity where the tumor was, which could be normal and go away on it's own.   To be sure of this, the doctor wants to see him again in one month.

Kevin has been struggling lately with an infection at the incision site.  The antibiotic he was on previously caused an allergic reaction and made his face red and flaky. He was put on a different antibiotic but it doesn't seem to be helping the infection so he has an appointment here in Las Vegas with another doctor tomorrow morning to try to get it cleared up.