The PET scan equipment is a mobile unit about the size of a semi-trailer. It is at St. Catherine's 2 days every week. In it, I had to sit for 45 min after being injected with a radio active marker. The scan was similar to a CT scan, which involves lying on a table that slides into and out of a tunnel. I slept through most of the procedure.
Later in the afternoon Dr. Mariani called and said the PET scan only showed a spot on one rib and he would schedule a bone scan to find out more about it. He also said the lung tissue biopsies and PAPP smear were clear and the pleural fluid had some abnormal, but benign, cells (fantastic).
YIPEE! We immediately let the kids know the good news.
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