Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Conflicting Results
We anxiously waited by the phone today for the results of the bone marrow biopsy. At 3:30 we spoke to the doctor and she said they were requesting for one of the test to be redone and they would call us back. At about 5:30 this evening, Dr. Whittle called us back and told us that he had conflicting results. There were two tests done. The first was done by the pathologist looking at the sample under the microscope. The second was done by a machine called flowcytometry. He said that when the pathologist looked at the bone marrow he found a 50% decrease in the number of cancer cells from the week before when it was done, but he still found a significant number of cancer cells. (Dr. Whittle acted like this was a typical result for Day 8 of treatment) He then said that they did the flowcytometry result was so good that he didn't believe it and asked them to do it twice. Both times the flowcytometry found less than 3% cancer which is remission status. He said that is not a typical result for day 8 and would be surprising news. Whatever the case, the good news is that the treatment is working and there is less cancer now than a week ago. They will new another bone marrow biopsy on Monday and see if they can get more conclusive results. When we called Rob's dad with these results he was totally perplexed and frustrated at why they would be conflicting. He asked me all sorts of questions about which kinds of tests the pathologist did, which I had no clue! So he said that he wants to call the pathologist personally tomorrow morning and talk with him about what exactly was done. My hope and prayer is that next week they will be conclusive and agree that there is no more cancer! As for the girl, today she was whiney and pale and begged for pizza all day. Cora is an eating machine on these meds! I was worried that her hemoglobin may have dropped again, so the doctor said to bring her in to have her finger pricked in the morning just to be sure. Then after daddy got home and gave her the pizza she'd been dreaming of she was better!
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GO CORA GO!!!!
That girl is as tough as nails!
We'll keep up the prayers they seem to be working!
God Bless that Baby,
The New Fam (as in Addison, Emma and Aiden)
Good to hear that it's working, whether it's a lot or a little. Give the little ones a hug from Meghan and I.
Hi Cora and Family- Tyson is in Cora's class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tyson was sick last week and we had not idea about Cora until today when I picked up Tyson from school. We added you to our prayer list and tonight when we were putting Tyson to bed he prayed that Cora would get better so she could come back to school and ride the train with him on the playground. Tyson only talks about three people in his class and Cora is one of them. We would ask him how his day was and every time he would tell us that Cora was sick today. Now we know what he means. Ww will pray for your whole family daily. May God Bless- The Gross Family
So happy to read Cora's treatments are working and our prayers are being answered! Mary Elizabeth asked today where Cora is. I hope they will get to play together soon!
Love,
The Edenfield Family
Hey Mandy,
This is Brooke (Graham)Kline. I am home for the holidays and my mom just informed me about Cora's illness. I just wanted to let you know I will be praying for your little one. I have a little guy that is 8 months old and you can definitely take their health for granted! Stay positive and keep the faith in our wonderful Father! I will put you on my blog list. Take care.
Brooke
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