HUGE HAPPY DANCE!!! We learned today that Lola's CAT Scan and MRI came back 'all clear'!!! Looks like we'll probably be on monitor mode with MRIs every three months for a while, but we can deal with that!!!! The monitoring via regular MRIs is needed just in case there are some cancer cells remaining that could re-grow after a period of time.

For now we are all breathing a big sigh of relief :)

Finally, the tests are done`

We made it through until noon with no food or drink (it may have helped that Mick was out of town ;), so we were able to get the tests completed. I have to say that if I had to do it again, I would opt out for the gas mask -- not a peaceful way for a 2 1/2 year old to go to sleep!

We won't know the results until early next week. When we do hear, I'll post here.

No test today

Grrrrrrr..... you won't believe it. I woke up and fed Lola an early breakfast and prepared myself and her for the morning of no food or drink ahead. We were doing pretty good and around 8:30, I was in the kitchen and Lola was in and out of Mick's office, she and Mick come out into the kitchen and Mick said she got a hold of his bagel and helped herself to a bite of it. That's it, just one bite. I didn't know how big of a deal it was going to be, so we finished our morning and headed over the SJCH. I told them about the 'bite' of bagel and the nurse called over to anesthesiology and we were told that she needed 6 full hours of NO food... not even a bite of anything, due to obvious risks if she were to vomit during sedation, etc.... so no testing today :-( Right now, they couldn't get us on the schedule again until Sept 17th at Noon. The scheduling department is working on trying to get us in at All Children's sooner, but haven't received any confirmation yet. If we can get in over at All Children's sooner, I will consider this one of those "It was meant to be" things.