10/16/08

About a week ago Soni had the report from Dr.Harker on the last PET-scan. He said there are some unknown shadows and the lymph nodes were slightly enlarged, but it seems to now be in remission & almost all clear. A small bit of activity is still showing up in the lymph nodes, but nothing else needs to be done for 3 months. So in Jan. they will do another PET-scan and see where things stand at that point.

Our family doctor ran a large series of blood tests with 5 vials of Soni's blood to check on kidneys, liver, and any other problems that might have been caused with the chemotherapy. All test came back good.

Sorry I haven't updated this blog sooner, but since Sept. 10 I have been in tremendous pain from the right buttocks, hip, thigh, leg, ankle, and foot and couldn't get downstairs to the computer very often. However, after going through my family doctor, an orthopedist, a pediatrist, and a neurosurgeon, I have finally been informed that it is Spinal Stenosis and a ruptured disk. I am to go back to the neurosurgeon after we return from our trip to Arkansas at the end of the month and see if we want to do a "watch & see" or do surgery.