Ummm, was that 5 or 6?

Well, this is awkward.... We have a confession: Apparently, we are no good at math. This includes our oncologist (which is probably why he is an oncologist and not a mathematician). In any case, we were at City of Hope yesterday ready to start Scan Week--to the point where we had been strong-arming barium contrast down Andrew for his 6:30PM CT Scan--when we realized that we had, in essence, "gotten ahead of ourselves" and miscounted his treatment rounds. I suppose you would call us eager. In short, Andrew is to get scans after 6 rounds of Accutane, but he has only completed 5 so far.

So, the CT was canceled and instead, he started a course of Accutane yesterday, which will run for 2 weeks. Two weeks after that (mid-April), he will go through Scan Week. The real Scan Week, we promise. That said, all is not lost this week: Our doc did arrange to go ahead with the MiBG scan, which is a special scan that is specific to Neuroblastoma, this week. So, we will not end up totally empty-handed; we should have those results by Friday. But, the CT, the bone marrow biopsy and the urine and blood tests will all get bumped to next month. So sorry for the confusion. Though, you should have seen our faces when the realization hit yesterday....

Take care. We will keep you posted.

Paul