Armen spent Christmas and New Year’s back and forth between home and Brigham and Women’s Hospital because of problems with low blood pressure.
He has had to stay in the hospital for the past several days as doctors figure our how to regulate his blood pressure. He is also dealing with some pain in his back, and regulating that pain has been a bit of a trial and error exercise.
In terms of his cancer, he recently had a CAT scan and PET scan. The CAT scan shows that the cancer in his adrenal glands has grown from 1.5 cm to about 3 cm since October. As a result, the doctors have decided that Tarciva is not working for Armen, so his oncologist will be selecting an alternate treatment. The PET scan results are not back yet.
We’re hoping he’ll be home from the hospital by January 3rd or 4th, at which time I’m sure he’ll post an update of his own.