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A DAY OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Jun. 9th, 2011 05:21 pmWriting
Guess what I got in my email today? The ACTUAL cover art for The Shard Axe (you may recall me mentioning that the artwork shown on Amazon is just a placeholder). Woohoo! I can't share it yet, but I can tell you this - Michael Komarck never disappoints! It's gorgeous!
Everything Else
Speaking of artwork, I got my Aaron Lopresti Wonder Woman print yesterday and did up a quick frame for it until I can get it done professionally (probably when the I get the cover for The Shard Axe done). Signed and numbered - 1/100!
Isn't it pretty? *pets*
And now on to the news I know you've actually been waiting for - the results of Max's scans. We did finally hear back from the oncologist Tuesday - a brief message letting us know the tumor was essentially unchanged. As you can imagine, we were happy to hear that. "Unchanged" = "no progression," and those two words are music to a worried cancer mom's ears, let me tell you!
But today we had our actual clinic visit and I got to go over the scan results with Max's doctor (hubby was out of town). He cautioned me that they had gotten a new MIBG machine when they moved into the new hospital building and that he wasn't 100% sure he trusted the results, but...the tumor showed NO MIBG uptake. None.
If those results are accurate, that means Max's tumor is now completely inactive. In essence, it has become ganglioneuroma instead of neuroblastoma. In other words, benign.
When I fully understood what he was saying, I could barely hold back the tears. For as much as I've prayed for a miracle, I was raised in a very pessimistic family. Our motto was "Expect the worst, and you'll never be disappointed." There have been kids who've survived with stable, active NB tumors for years and years. I thought that might be the best we had to hope for. It seems God may have other plans.
We won't know for sure if the results are 100% accurate until Max's next set of scans in 6 months, but it's telling that his doctor is confident enough in them not to redo the scans now. And ganglioneuroma, if that's what this is now, can very rarely become malignant again.
But.
No MIBG uptake. Inactive. Benign.
Oh, please God, let it be so!
Guess what I got in my email today? The ACTUAL cover art for The Shard Axe (you may recall me mentioning that the artwork shown on Amazon is just a placeholder). Woohoo! I can't share it yet, but I can tell you this - Michael Komarck never disappoints! It's gorgeous!
Everything Else
Speaking of artwork, I got my Aaron Lopresti Wonder Woman print yesterday and did up a quick frame for it until I can get it done professionally (probably when the I get the cover for The Shard Axe done). Signed and numbered - 1/100!
Isn't it pretty? *pets*
And now on to the news I know you've actually been waiting for - the results of Max's scans. We did finally hear back from the oncologist Tuesday - a brief message letting us know the tumor was essentially unchanged. As you can imagine, we were happy to hear that. "Unchanged" = "no progression," and those two words are music to a worried cancer mom's ears, let me tell you!
But today we had our actual clinic visit and I got to go over the scan results with Max's doctor (hubby was out of town). He cautioned me that they had gotten a new MIBG machine when they moved into the new hospital building and that he wasn't 100% sure he trusted the results, but...the tumor showed NO MIBG uptake. None.
If those results are accurate, that means Max's tumor is now completely inactive. In essence, it has become ganglioneuroma instead of neuroblastoma. In other words, benign.
When I fully understood what he was saying, I could barely hold back the tears. For as much as I've prayed for a miracle, I was raised in a very pessimistic family. Our motto was "Expect the worst, and you'll never be disappointed." There have been kids who've survived with stable, active NB tumors for years and years. I thought that might be the best we had to hope for. It seems God may have other plans.
We won't know for sure if the results are 100% accurate until Max's next set of scans in 6 months, but it's telling that his doctor is confident enough in them not to redo the scans now. And ganglioneuroma, if that's what this is now, can very rarely become malignant again.
But.
No MIBG uptake. Inactive. Benign.
Oh, please God, let it be so!
