Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Pathology Report

What a mighty God we serve! What a mighty, mighty God! 


Of the 13 areas that were taken in surgery, 1 was Mooney with active present cancer. To quote Dr. Wise One, "which would have killed you." Pathology showed that it had been altered by immunotherapy and still had cancer. Thank God for Dr. Big Sis and Dr. Wise One operating. 


4 other areas that they removed while suspicious had no evidence of cancer ever having been present. Huge praise!!


The 8 remaining areas all had evidence of previous cancer. BUT currently there was none! So while we only ever saw 3 tumors on the scans, at some point there were 3 times that amount of tumors. It appears immunotherapy worked on all but Mooney! 


Additionally, all 16 lymph nodes removed were negative for cancer! All around an incredible report. 


So while Mooney was a stubborn little booger! A scalpel took care of him! And all visible signs of cancer are gone. NED - No Evidence of Disease so far with another set of tests and results coming back in 6-10 weeks!


Next steps: 


Discharge

6-10 more weeks of recovery

Follow ups next week

CTDNA Blood Test in 2-4 weeks to test for microscopic evidence of disease

CTDNA Results 4-6 weeks after test m

Regular Follow Up Scans etc


From this point forward, Dr. Dude, Dr. Big Sis and Dr. Wise One will be actively following Alan! We cannot begin to express our gratitude! While we still have a long way to go on his recovery and on adjusting to some permanent changes, he's here! Praise the Lord, he's here. 


Thank you all for your prayers! This could not be a better report! Thank you, thank you, thank you!


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