September 17, 2012

Well, it has been exactly 10 days since Anne's initial diagnosis. Today started off with many phone calls from the oncologist's office. The first phone call was to tell Anne that after the pathologist had looked over all of the tests and scans, he concluded that the tumor on her lung was not "acting" like lung cancer (we have been going on the assumption that it is lung cancer since day 1). They now think that the initial cancer may be something gastro-intestional, therefore, they have added a GI to the team of doctors to help diagnose the cancer and decide treatment. This week is going to be filled with many different appointments, starting with a PET (positron emmisions technology) on Tuesday, an endoscopy on Thursday morning, an appointment with the neurosurgeon on Thursday afternoon, and finally, an appointment with the oncologist on Friday morning.  I know it is a lot, but Anne is getting pretty lonely here, even though Sam, myself, and Jimmy are here with her now, she would love to have visitors.  So, please, don't hesitate to visit her!!!