Good Preliminary Results!

We spent nearly the whole day with the oncology appointment and got some good preliminary results! Todd and I are extremely relieved, though we still have to hear back from the oncologist himself.

Walking into the pediatric oncology clinic was a difficult thing to do this morning. I have to say, never in a million years did I ever imagine having to take my child to test for cancer. They were incredibly warm and comforting there though which helped a lot. After the traditional heart rate, weight and bp tests they took us back to the room where our nurse for the day took our version of events that lead us to them.

After she was done, Dr. Beatey came in and took the most thorough history. He was very nice and put us at ease pretty quickly. After taking the history, he did a very thorough exam (similar to the pedi yesterday). His first comment was that she does not look like a sick little girl and everything preliminarily checks out great. The only thing he could find was the fact that her eyes and pupils were different sizes.

We took blood work and a chest x-ray to look for any masses around the superior cervical ganglion in the upper chest area. The ironic thing was that we had had a chest x-ray just 2 weeks ago so it gave the radiologist a nice comparision. Except for some slightly off bloodwork results, most likely due to her fighting off the virus mom and I have had, everything looks pretty good!

We are still waiting to hear back from Dr. Beatey to see what the next step will be. She might have to have a CT to double check everything the chest x-ray showed, or we may just be waiting and watching for a while. I will update with the news when we hear something!

Thank you to everyone thinking about us today, knowing you all care has helped us get through this difficult time~

UPDATE: I just spoke to Dr. Beatey and he feels we should do an MRI and Adrenal ultrasound to further rule out any brainstem issue and verify no neuroblastoma. So still on pins and needles until the MRI is done at some point next week.