Critical Scans Tonight and Tomorrow

The medical team has decided to take some important scans.  They did a brain MRI tonight to confirm that the cancer has not spread to the brain.  (You might recall that nearly the only piece of good news we got at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is that the cancer had not spread to the brain).   Tomorrow morning, at around 11:00, they will be taking a PET scan.  A PET scan will show the progress of the cancer over the past 6 weeks.  Depending on the results of the PET scan, they will hopefully be able to determine if the immunotherapy is working.   However, there is a chance that they will not be able to tell because of the timing and the fact that immunotherapy works slow.  If the immunotherapy is working, they will stick with that path (which they believe is the best option).  If it is not working, they will go a different route.  The first alternative is the t-cell injection to help strengthen the immune system.  But, hopefully we will hear that the immunotherapy is working. 

So, the results of these scans are going to be critical in determining where we go from here.   Please pray that the cancer is reacting to the immunotherapy.