Scans

I wanted to put a quick update so that everyone didn't think that I was keeping them in the dark about Isabella's scans.

Isabella had the MRI last Wednesday while under anesthesia and all went well during the scan. Then on Thursday she had the hour long MIBG without anesthesia! woohoo! =) Then on Monday she had her 30 minute bone scan, again without anesthesia. Bone Scans may identify fractures, areas of growth, arthritis, tumors and infections that won't show up on an x-ray. The part about growth you really have to remember during the scan because all areas of the bones that are growing will show as a hot spot, so on Isabella you will see hot spots on the knees, shoulder blades and any where else where her bones are growing because she is a growing child. =)

On her last bone scan 6 months ago and this one as well, she showed increased uptake on her left ankle/foot. They sent us down to get an x-ray after the bone scan was completed to look for any stress fractures or maybe even arthritis. The Nuc-Med tech told me that cancer does not usually spread to the feet and so this was no need to worry. I also imposed the question to my support group list for Neurblastoma parents and was advised that yes, that is most of the time the case. Cancer does not usually spread to the feet, but as other people have stated, NB does not follow the same rules as other types of cancer. So we as parents have to stay vigilant at least for the sake of our children. ;o) So now we will wait to meet with the doctors to go over the results. Once we have met with them, I will let you all know the final word from this next round of tests. =)

Thank you for checking in on us!