MRI is scheduled

We have an appointment for first thing on March 5th for Lola's MRI scan. We have to be at the hospital at 6AM so they can prep her for sedation. The usual no food or drink prior applies, so at least having it this early will help with that!

After some time away for the blog it is time for an update. I didn't hurry to post any updates since our last appointment in November, as there wasn't really any alarming news to share. The November appointment consisted of a physical checkup by the doctor and some bloodwork. The bloodwork came back pretty good, with the LDH levels (which, as I understand it, is what is used to measure the cancer levels) reading just a little above normal (normal range being 192 as the high end). Lola's LDH was 194. The doctor felt the level was still a little high from her surgery and felt it would continue to drop. Again, this was back in November.

Today we had another checkup during which the doc felt for any new lumps (he didn't find any--yay) and shared what he felt the next steps were. First he wanted to schedule her for another MRI just for monitoring purposes. He also wanted to get new blood tests done since the LDH level was a little high last time. He explained the MRI would catch anything new, before the blood tests would. This is because a rise in the LDH level is normally a late indicator of any new sarcoma growth. Yet he said he would feel better getting a new blood test that showed the LDH in the complete normal range. I think he felt strongly that this is what we would have seen. Unfortunately, the blood test done today came back with the LDH level a bit higher than last time at 212. For now, we are going to stay the course and have an MRI completed so that we might get a better idea of what is going on.

Not exactly the news we were hoping for. The doctors office is going to get the MRI scheduled and I'll update on any further news as we get it.