Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Results of the scan

Hey everyone

We got the results back from Elsa's scan today. I honestly was convinced that we were going to get bad news. I was just really tired of everyone saying that prayer and well wishes would bring us the answers that we were hoping for. 
Anyways.... we did end up getting good news!! Elsa still has the tumor that the doctors saw in the last scan (about the size of a marble), but it hasn't grown or changed at all from last time. This is good news because it means that the tumor isn't active, or could even be just calcified tissue. WOO HOO. The doctors plan on doing another scan on May 17th, a PET CT scan, of her whole body to see the metabolic activity. She will have to be sedated for that scan, but you gotta do what you gotta do. If that scan shows that the current tumor is inactive and she has no new growths, she will then be declared as in remission. In the mean time we are making arrangements for Elsa's central line to be taken out :) That will be a very exciting day, but it will be a major surgery.

Very exciting news. Hope everyone is doing well.
I'll let you know if anything new comes up with elsa, but I am not really planning on making regular posts. 
Alright Peace

Monday, January 11, 2010

Scan

Hey everyone. Elsa had her scan this morning. No news yet. I just wanted to do a quick update to let everyone know that we still don't know anything. 

The scan itself went well. The doctors called us last week and said that they wanted to try to do the scan without sedation, so my mom practiced with Elsa a few times laying down and holding completely still. They ended up being able to do it without the sedation, so at least thats good. 

The doctors told my mom that they would call her this evening when they have reviewed the scan and know what's going on. 

Fingers crossed. I'll update again as soon as I know something.