Rick's Holding Steady!!!

Rick and Tami had a long but exciting day yesterday with the doctors at Sloan Kettering.It was a family affair with Brady, Casey and Linda/Andy (Rick's sister/nephew) all in attendance!!  Dr. Abery felt that Rick's scan showed no change and actually may have improved - Great News!!  Exactly what everyone wants to hear!!

Instead of starting Avastin now, Rick will "stay the course" and stick with Temodar for another month as it appears to be working for him.  His steroid taper started today and Rick hopes to be off of those nasty things in a few weeks!  It should be a nice quiet 5 weeks for the Schneiders and they for sure have earned it!!

Happy almost 4th of July!!

Summer "do" is here!!

This has been a busy week for the Schneider family -- School is over, Bumpy celebrated his 14th birthday and Tami and Rick hit sweet 16 (Happy Anniversary)!!   Thanks to those dear friends and family who helped them celebrate in style.  This past week they enjoyed a multi-gourmet celebration capped off by an amazing dinner at Restaurant Daniel in their private Sky-Box dining room overlooking the kitchen.  All of the Schneiders - including Brady and Casey got to visit with the famous Chef Daniel Boulud.  What a great night!  Following this, Rick and Tami headed off for an evening at Per Se - another Schneider favorite!!

Rick continues to do well and they are anxiously awaiting the start of his next round of treatments - most likely it will be a combination of Avastin and Temodar.  This will be a huge relief for Rick because, once he is up and running on Avastin, he will be able to come off the steroids (which have so many annoying side effects).

Rick truly loves all the emails/calls and checking the blog to see if there have been updates so keep them coming!!

Tami wants everyone to know that even though she is not as good at keeping up with emails and returning phone calls that she loves it too!! 

Keep checking for blog updates and enjoy the summer!!