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Dear Prayer Warriors:
This was forwarded to my by ###'s parents. Please Pray for 6-year-old ###:
Since ### had surgery (12/12/14), and the spot in question was supposedly removed, why is the spot still showing up (MIBG scan 2/4/15)? The short answer is that nobody knows. The only theory being provided by ###'s team at MSKCC is that the spot is somehow a result of surgery. However, this is not likely since the spot was there before surgery and it is showing up in exactly the same place. With this being said, we are obviously hopeful that if it is related to surgery, that it will have resolved with 13 weeks of healing. The neuroblastoma team is confident however, that if she had relapsed, they would have seen it when they went in for surgery. They are also confident that if she had relapsed she would have relapsed in her lymph nodes, because ###'s original presentation at diagnosis was 4N (metastasis to lymph nodes but no bone or bone marrow involvement) as opposed to stage 4 (metastasis to bone, bone marrow). The area of fullness on or near the esophagus is not an area they would expect to see recurrence or relapse given their considerable experience and ###'s original presentation. Dr. ### sees neuroblastoma 5 days a week in kids, and he was all over this site during surgery and did not see anything. So, adding all of these factors up leads them to believe that she has not relapsed. We certainly continue to hope and pray that is the case.
This was forwarded to my by ###'s parents. Please Pray for 6-year-old ###:
Since ### had surgery (12/12/14), and the spot in question was supposedly removed, why is the spot still showing up (MIBG scan 2/4/15)? The short answer is that nobody knows. The only theory being provided by ###'s team at MSKCC is that the spot is somehow a result of surgery. However, this is not likely since the spot was there before surgery and it is showing up in exactly the same place. With this being said, we are obviously hopeful that if it is related to surgery, that it will have resolved with 13 weeks of healing. The neuroblastoma team is confident however, that if she had relapsed, they would have seen it when they went in for surgery. They are also confident that if she had relapsed she would have relapsed in her lymph nodes, because ###'s original presentation at diagnosis was 4N (metastasis to lymph nodes but no bone or bone marrow involvement) as opposed to stage 4 (metastasis to bone, bone marrow). The area of fullness on or near the esophagus is not an area they would expect to see recurrence or relapse given their considerable experience and ###'s original presentation. Dr. ### sees neuroblastoma 5 days a week in kids, and he was all over this site during surgery and did not see anything. So, adding all of these factors up leads them to believe that she has not relapsed. We certainly continue to hope and pray that is the case.
