MRI Tomorrow

We don't really have too much new info to share, but wanted to provide a brief update.  After coming out of induction chemotherapy (the first five months) with residual tumor, our oncologists wanted to remove the remaining tumor and sacrifice nerves in Emmett's left shoulder in the process.  The surgeon wasn't so anxious, and after a month of indecision the oncologist and surgeon agreed to do two more rounds of chemotherapy to see if the tumor responds before deciding how to proceed.  If the tumor responds, it strengthens the case that it can be controlled and that drastic surgery is justified.  If it doesn't respond, we're left looking for other options.

Katy, Emmett, and I, meanwhile, are looking for something more miraculous -- what if Emmett's immune system has attacked and destroyed the tumor, or what if a new surgery/treatment is pioneered which preserves function in his arm while removing the tumor?  With God all things are possible.

Emmett's MRI is tomorrow, 11/20/12.  We're hoping and praying for the best.  And we appreciate the many many people who are praying with us.