Tuesday, October 14, 2008

PET Scan -- Pam's update 10/14/08

Hi everyone, it’s been awhile since I have updated the blog and I know many of you want to know what's up.
First the great news. The results of the PET scan are back and they are negative. No signs of cancer anywhere. We still have chemo ahead of us as a precaution against any cancer cells that may be lurking in the background, but at least they got all that we knew about during the surgery. We praise God for that and we thank you for your prayers and support.
On a little bit of a downer, we are dealing with an infection around one of the incisions. If we can't get this controlled with the antibiotics then we will have to do another surgery and have the expander removed and delay the reconstructive process by several months. We REALLY hope that is not necessary.
We go back to the Doctor tomorrow (Wed Oct. 15th) and decide what is next. If the infection is healing, then we can go forward with the chemo.
Keep praying.
Chuck and Pam