The pathology report confirmed today that Evan has (or hopefully had) Neuroblastoma. The good news is the limp node and the bone marrow biopsies were negative and although the tumor was neuroblastoma they’ve termed it as favorable histology, which essentially means that the cancer cells are the less aggressive type.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_neuroblastoma_staged_31.asp?sitearea (see staging, prognostic markers, tumor grade)
Today Evan received a radioisotope injection for tomorrow’s mIBG scan. This was after the IV team poked him 3 more times. It’s a good thing the third attempt worked, because if it didn’t, the only spot left for them to poke him was his head. Because of this, the doctor changed the orders so that Evan could go home with the IV so he won’t need another IV to put him to sleep for tomorrow’s test. Now we just have to make sure he doesn’t pull it out (we have it wrapped up pretty good).
Tomorrow’s mIBG scan will take about two hours, and hopefully this will be the last test. We will meet with the oncologist team on Thursday to discuss the results of the tests and any treatment if needed. As long as the mIBG test comes back negative, Evan shouldn’t need any additional treatment.
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