Dog, Snake, and Rat

You are asking me, "What is with the title of this blog?"

Oh, oh, oh! Let me tell you. A dog, snake, and rat have something in common. They are all pets. Yes. Rob will be getting his PET scan on Thursday this week.

In my rush to get the information posted last night, I didn't really answer the burning questions that I posed to the doctor's office.

1. We don't know whether his cancer is back. "It is never a good thing when something that size shows up in a scan. It would be a good idea to get a PET scan to see what kind of uptake the nodule shows," said the PA to the worried wife.
2. Yes, the chances are pretty high that he has a broken rib. Remember the pneumonia he had in May? Well, with all of the coughing and hacking he did, I'm surprised that he didn't break more of them. Poor guy had to hold onto his side for dear life during every cough, for fear his remaining lobe would shoot out through his healed incision.
3. Liver? Don't know. Hopefully, there is no cancer in that organ. The PET scan will let us know how much metabolic activity is happening there.

I had asked the oncologist PA whether we should plan on a biopsy. She said that it really depends on what the PET scan shows, but it probably would be a good idea to just plan on it - if it doesn't happen, great!

So, thank goodness for pets. They tend to calm us when we are stressed. (Or is it the other way around?)