The doctor called today to discuss the test results. All pretty good news in that the blood work that was done at All Children's came back within the normal range along with no significant findings on the chest xray. The doc has much more confidence in the lab work that is done at the hospital than what comes out of the blood tests that are done in the doctors office. Lola's LDH reading that was done in the office could have been raised by the method in which the blood sample was obtained, which could damage the structure of the blood. A sinus infection could also affect it. I asked many questions related to the office tests and hospital tests and feel satisfied with the answers received. That in addition to the MRI results showing everything to be stable, we will stay the course and plan on Lola's next scan in 4 months.
I've been reading a lot about sarcomas and found a journal about a little girl that has also been fighting this type of cancer. What her mom wrote about the regular MRIs hit pretty close to home:
"the fear of recurrence fades in the months between scans and returns as the date of the scan approaches, then good news from the scans relieves the fear for a couple more months until the next one approaches, and so the cycle goes."
With that said, we're breathing a sigh of relief for now. Next scans will be done in early November.
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