Tests Tests Tests

The hardest part of a cancer diagnosis must be in those initial days/weeks, when everyone is talking about the "spots," but no one can say yet where they all are, how bad they are, how advanced it all is.

And so there are tests. And none of them are pleasant. But all of them are miraculous.

So Tammi had another CT Scan, while in the biopsy room, to make sure the doctor could take the sample from the right place. And then she had more blood drawn, so much blood drawn. And finally a PET Scan. 

The thing about Tammi is, she's special. The cancer markers in her blood are very high, so they know the cancer is there. They can see fractures in her ribs and vertebrae, that indicate the cancer in her bones is weakening them to the point of fracture. A biopsy of her abdomen shows, without a doubt, cancer cells. 

But her PET Scan doesn't show much at all. Mom is so special, the greatest diagnostic tool of our day is stumped. Which really just means, there will be lots more tests as we walk this road, searching for those hiding cells, in hopes there are fewer as we travel.