April 16, 2014.. We were originally scheduled to return to UAMS in Little Rock last Thursday (April 10) but they allowed me to get the testing I needed done locally. The testing was to confirm my heart was in good enough condition to take the drug Mekinist. I finally got confirmation from UAMS to start taking the drug and started on April 15th. As I mentioned before, the drug is very expensive at at cost of over $9,200 per month.