All Clear Ahead

Day 444:

So there we were, sitting in the doctors office, following Hannah's MRI, when Dr. Laack says, "We can schedule an appointment for tomorrow morning to review the results, or I can just call you in the morning once I get them from the radiologist and look at them myself."

I could tell Kim was hoping for door #3. You know the one that says, Here are the results NOW!

When you're looking at a 8-9 hour drive the call seemed simple, we opted for the phone call. This way we could get up early and hit the road. By the time Dr. Laack called, I could have the family half way to the eastern coast.

Fast forward to night time in the hotel: "You're not wanting to get up early and go, are you?" I was using my husband-of-the-year ESP through a wife's silence and body language.

"No, not really. What if we get half way home and the call is to come back?" she had the look of concern and anxiety all over her.

"We turn around," you know how they say husbands problem solve instead of listen,... well, I had just said the words that proved I wasn't really listening, and I knew it as soon as I said them.

We hung out in Rochester for a great deal longer than the planned departure time, waiting for the call on the MRI. We waited,... cleaned the hotel room,... waited some more,... packed and repacked the car,... then waited a touch longer, before finally hitting the road.

By the time we had landed at the Minnesota boarder I just knew that we couldn't wait any longer. Partly because I was about to drop into a cell phone dead-zone and the other part because Kim was just looking sick to her stomach playing the waiting game. You just want the news that you've past another scan.

After speaking with Dr. Laack, the news was,...excellent scans! We are officially one year out which is significant because the first two years are the most critical for the tumor to come back locally.

Peace and Prayers