Tuesday, May 10, 2005
TEST RESULTS-- A LONG LONG WEEK
Thanks to everyone who read my post and commented. It really helped.This has definitely been a long and hard week, but the news is all good. I should have posted before now but life was very stressful adn nothing seemed important except Ebony. I took Ebony off for her Ultrasound and that took 40 minutes. During that time staring at the images of 2 lumps in her neck I was becoming very scared. She seemed so small and vulnerable laying on the table and I had visions of all the horrible things that might be in store for her. They consulted with a specialist who decided not to proceed with the Biopsy. That was a very welcome surprise. On the basis of the images and his experience he decided we should wait a week to see if the lumps started to get smaller. We then had to go see our own doctor. Ebony opted to see a different one to the one that had started the ball rolling with this diagnosis. He had been unavailbale when the problem first started. He gave her a very thorough exam and found many more lumps in her armpits. He agreed with the specialist though that it was most likely from an infection, not Hodgkins Disease as the first Dr had suggested! He said it may take 4 weeks to get better but as long as the lumps do not get bigger or painful it is OK. Well yesterday they started to go down. We have to watch her and her lumps carefully but thank goodness she should be fine. She is relieved and wants no more Drs visits or tests in the near future. This was a hard time and I felt so very helpless. I have always known how important my children are to me and this certainly brought it home hard. Funny how trivial everything else seemed. Thanks again for your support.
Posted by michelle ::
4:02 am ::
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