Sort of?

September 9, 2004

Pathology has not yet finalized the report, but I did talk to Erin's doctor last night. Here is the latest:

The biopsy looks mostly benign. One section has "sort of" aggressive looking cells, which could be caused by malignancy or some other things. Pathology is running one last cytogenetic test. A negative finding will essentially rule out malignancy.

If that is the case, the doctor will have Erin come in the second week of October for another MRI and a urine sample. This will help them decide whether the mass is (a) sitting there happily, not causing problems; (b) regressing on its own; or (c) growing in a way that might eventually cause trouble.

We still have questions about where this came from, what it means, and what we are going to do about it. Still, we feel like we can exhale a little.

Erin seems fairly oblivious to all the talk and second guessing that has been going around lately. She began soccer practice this week. All the kids are very enthusiastic and really enjoy chasing Davis around trying to steal the ball from him. Erin's power kick has improved since last year, and she is still one of the toughest defenders on the team. By the way, the players voted to change their name from the Sharks to the Knights. So... Go Knights!