Pathology

Today, we got the pathology report. It is LCH, or Langerhans cell histiocytosis, which is what Dr. Pearson thought that it was. The next step is to have a series of scans and to go see an oncologist. At this point, I have no idea what the oncologist will do. I am assuming that they will do a full body bone scan, as Dr. Pearson predicted, to make sure that there aren't any masses hiding somewhere else in her body. I think that the result of this scan will determine if she has to have chemo or radiation. Although I am not positive that they won't do that anyway since the tumor was so big and it came on so quickly.

We are going to see Dr. Whitlock at Vandy. He is a leading specialist in his field. He actually specializes in LCH. When I read his bio on the website I was very pleased to see that,
"His clinical interests include the biology and treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, the biology and treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis and other forms of histiocytosis."

Please continue to pray for her. I just have this feeling that we aren't over the hump yet. I can't really describe it. I feel confident that Clara will recover 100% from this. I am not up at night worrying that she won't. It is like God is whispering to me. He is saying, "I've got this, just keep holding on." It is like I know that there is more to deal with...but at some point, it will be over. Behind us. Just a memory. A story to tell.

(Wow, I just spell checked, it doesn't even recognize histiocytosis!)