14 Hours In and Out of Hong Kong

A positron emmisiion test (PET SCAN) is a cancer test the works on a simple premise. Cancer cells love sugar and feed on sugar to grow. In this particular test, the patient is made to fast for hours beforethe scan  and then a radioactive glucose substance is introduced intravenously. If there are cancer cells -it will be rabibly excited to feed on the glucose (sugar) and show up as a bright area in the scan. The brighter the area- and more cancer cells there are.

We left at 540am yesterday for a scheduled PET scan in Ammed Cancer Center in HK and got the results at 3pm and returned back home in the 10pm flight. It wasn't the first time -Ryan had 4 scans in the past in the same hospital.

Ernie whole body was free of bright areas except for the bone fracture in the pubic area and 4 nodules in his lungs, the biggest of which is  3.9 x 2.3 cm. The appearance and brightness is consistent with malignancy. We found the "mother" source - the lungs.

7am Thursday is our appointment to see Dr Charity Gorospe - time is of the essence. She says that Ernie may be given an oral chemo treatment that has less toxicity compared to intrevenous treatment and is known to be very effective in shrinking such tumors (adenocarcinoma) and preventing growth in other areas. But first another lung biopsy tomorrow noon.

We check in tonight.

We trust in God's healing mercy and the power of prayers, prayers and yet more prayers.

We are checking in tonight.

We have identified the "primary source" of the bone metastasis-it started from the lungs.

My heart sank with this result as we were still fervently praying for a negative pet result.