Saturday, March 27, 2010
Checking on the Beads
Tisha is having a MRI of her liver tomorrow morning to check on the progress of the liver beads. We are thankful she can have the scan done on the weekend so she doesn’t have to miss any school. The results of the scan will help the bead doctors decide if she needs a third round of beads. Pray that the MRI shows the beads have been effective against the cancer and there is significant improvement in her liver. We are believing the beadazzled liver will become a cancer-free liver!
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Right Direction!
Metisha got her scan results back today. It was not a cancer free scan BUT there were no new spots and her liver looks like it has improved! We are absolutely praising God for positive progress!
The PET scan showed that half of her liver looks to be improved and the other half looks stable. These results give us a lot of hope that the chemo beads are working and there could be more improvement because it’s only been 5 weeks since her last treatment. The center that does the bead treatments will likely schedule an MRI in the next few weeks to get a better picture of how the beads have worked against the cancer.
The scan also showed a spot in her back in the rib cage area. This spot showed up on the last at which time they felt like it was not cancer but was likely a bone fracture because it doesn’t show as “hot”. On this scan the spot is still there but it has improved also! They still think it is likely a fracture that is healing and not cancer but even if it is a cancer spot it is improving also.
We absolutely were praying for a cancer free scan, but this scan shows IMPROVEMENT and that means the current treatment is moving Metisha towards cancer free which is the direction we want to move!
Thank you so much for your prayers and know they are working to heal Metisha and to help keep her family sane through these times of waiting!
The PET scan showed that half of her liver looks to be improved and the other half looks stable. These results give us a lot of hope that the chemo beads are working and there could be more improvement because it’s only been 5 weeks since her last treatment. The center that does the bead treatments will likely schedule an MRI in the next few weeks to get a better picture of how the beads have worked against the cancer.
The scan also showed a spot in her back in the rib cage area. This spot showed up on the last at which time they felt like it was not cancer but was likely a bone fracture because it doesn’t show as “hot”. On this scan the spot is still there but it has improved also! They still think it is likely a fracture that is healing and not cancer but even if it is a cancer spot it is improving also.
We absolutely were praying for a cancer free scan, but this scan shows IMPROVEMENT and that means the current treatment is moving Metisha towards cancer free which is the direction we want to move!
Thank you so much for your prayers and know they are working to heal Metisha and to help keep her family sane through these times of waiting!
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