MD Anderson--Trip #4--Follow-up and........

It's been a long week waiting patiently for pathology results. Knowing that the enlarged lymph node they had found during surgery COULD indicate that the cancer had spread made it even harder.

The Physician's Assistant walked in and said..."everything is negative, nothing was found anywhere, in any of the tissue or lymph nodes". ALL GONE!!

CANCER FREE!!!!!

We were soooo relieved and thankful. So glad that we made the decision to go to Houston. The last 3 months seems like it has been 3 years.

July 14--Appt with pediatrician for lump in neck along jawline, sent for labs, ultrasound of area
July 15--Referral to surgeon to have mass removed
July 19--See surgeon with initial diagnosis of Branchial Cleft Cyst
July 29--Outpatient surgery with mass removed and sent for pathology
August 4--Get call from surgeon, told over the phone that is was cancer.
August 5--Follow-up appt and plan discussed for total parotidectomy at end of August
August 15-25--Made plans and contacted MD Anderson for referral due to intensive delicate surgical procedure involving the facial nerve.
Sept 2-3--Initial appts with surgeon, Dr. Stephen Lai at MD Anderson, labs, ultrasound, CT scans
Sept 23-24--Appts with Radiation Oncologist, Dr McAleer and schedule surgery with surgeon for Oct 15
Oct 15-18--Surgery on the 15th, hospital stay until the 17th, home to Louisiana on the 18th.
Oct 21--Follow-up to surgery---CANCER FREEEEEE!!!!!