Today marks the end of the tests for Cleve. Cleve had a CT scan last friday which showed no metastasis to any of the main organs. This is also the scan that gave us an idea of just how big the tumor might be. He had an MRI on monday of his noggin. Cleve was thrilled to see he had a brain! (his words, not mine) and that there was no metastasis there either. Today was his PET scan. In order to do this scan, Cleve was injected with a radioactive dye. This is a whole body scan that will show, thanks to the dye, any area that has rapidly dividing cells. We expect to see the tumor under his arm, we are hoping to see no other spots lit up. This would most likely give us our best case scenario of a stage three cancer. However, we will not know the full staging until the tumor is removed, so lets not get ahead of ourselves. The downside of the test today is that Cleve is radioactive man for the next 24 hours. This unfortunately means that he can have absolutely no contact with the boys for 6 hours and limited contact for 24. Thanks to Pat and Susie for looking after our yeti with a glowing personality this evening. While he was with them, me and the boys went to karate class for walker and ate at Mazatlan Grill for some quesadillas. I had to tell them that daddy was working late so he couldn't join us. We're going to have to tell the boys at some point, which will be difficult since Walker will be able to understand what is going on, unlike last time when he was 2. We see the oncologist at the end of the week to see where we go from here.
Thank you to all who have sent prayers, positive energy and well wishes. We are so thankful to have friends and family who care so deeply. We love and appreciate you all. In the words of Roger Clyne...heres to life
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