Our Prayers Were Answered!!!!

Dr. LaQuaglia just came in to tell us the good news! It doesn't look like cancer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cris is coming home tonight!!!

Update:
Okay, so yesterday Cristian was supposed to have a lymph node excision/biopsy, bone marrow aspiration, spinal tap, possible temp line insertion and a laparoscopy. He was supposed to be in surgery for 2-1/2 hours. The good news is that they did the lymph node biopsy and it showed abnormal activity (which isn't abnormal for a lymphoma patient), but it was negative for cancer cells. Dr. Trippett and Dr. LaQuaglia said that sometimes, in lymphoma patients, the lymph nodes can over react during illness or infection. The CT/PET scans measure activity and not necessarily solid masses, which is why his lymph nodes were lighting up the scans. (If you ever want to know about your body's immune system and the function of the lymph nodes...feel free to ask, I know more than I should.)  When Dr. LaQuaglia called us in after 1-1/2 hours, I had a feeling that we were going to get good news. Thankfully, they only had to perform one procedure.

In about 2 weeks, he will have been cancer free for 1 year! It is a huge benchmark for him! If the cancer doesn't return within the first year, it most likely will stay in remission, and in 2015, he will be considered to be cured!! With the exception of the last 1-1/2 months, everything has been going pretty smoothly and we're praying that the worst is behind us!

Thank you for all of the prayers (they're working)!!
Adina