After a weekend of waiting for results from the Pet CT scan we spoke to Dr. Kaplan today. After examining the scans he was able to determine that Anna has Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It is made stage 3 because in addition to the tumors in Anna's neck (the ones that presented first), and the tumors found by x-ray in her chest, there is a small tumor on Anna's spleen. Dr. Kaplan was very positive and made it seem like it was more like a 2.5 than a 3 (thats not really a thing though). While each time you get news about cancer it is scary, we are very happy to understand it is a stage 3 and not stage 4.

Dr. Kaplan also indicated that we would be starting treatment later this week with the first round of Chemo-therapy. We should have a long term schedule and treatment plan in place shortly.

We meet with Dr. Kaplan tomorrow afternoon and we will get more detail. Anna will also have a bone marrow sample taken for more testing. All the above info is our understanding after a short phone call. I will update more tomorrow night.

Chance