Hopefully no one has been sitting on pins and needles today. It’s been a slow news day;) Last night was “normal” for the first time in awhile. Lauren and Kathie went on a “no-cancer” date – they had an hour of shopping time where none of the standard business was discussed – a nice breather for both. Lauren gave Kathie crap about her taste in dresses, and Kathie fed Lauren unwanted opinions – all and all, a wonderful time:)
This morning, Kathie went for her PET scan. Lauren took her, as Bob tried to catch up a bit at work. Lauren expected to sit and read for 45 minutes, but then Kathie and she were informed that the appointment was in fact going to take about 3 hours. Kathie was THRILLED to come home and eat a turkey burger (supposedly within safe food lines).
We were supposed to go back for a 1:30 appointment to review the results. Bob met Lauren and Kathie there, but we all sat for about 30 minutes before they told us to try back later.
We finally returned at 4:15 to go over the results. “Gill” took us through the results. Cancer was again confirmed in the colon (not terribly shocking) and unfortunately, the PET showed metabolic activity in the liver, just as the CT had – indicating a confirmation of cancer there as well. The spleen still showed up inconclusive – so we’re hoping that’s a positive sign. He told us it could be a false negative, but we’re holding onto hope for now!
M.D. Anderson e-mailed us with a schedule for Monday and Tuesday. Looks like it is going to be a tiring day on Monday – lots and lots of tests.
Posted by Lauren
2 comments:
Kathie,
I can't say it any better than Jennifer. The power of prayer is incredible. Your upbeat blogs are so helpful. It really helps me to feel connected. Selfishly, I so want to call and chat but this blog is a great idea and hopefully will allow you both a little more resting time. Also, I will continue to keep connected through Ben and Lauren of course. Know that our hearts and prayers are with you all. We hope your trip to Houston, tests and surgery are blessed with success. We will definitely add Bob to the intensive prayer list as well as all of you.
Lauren you are doing a great job on the posting. Thank you so much for sharing. If you guys get this, then I have just learned to blog, too!
Finally, since we are the closest to the HR lake property, if something comes up there that you need an "in person" for, I get out of school June 15 and can help out after that. Safe travels and God bless
Betsy and Mike Heruska
Lauren,
What a great job you're doing!!!!!!!!!Congrats. Our prayers and thoughts are always with you and your Mom and Dad.
Love, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Danny
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