A cockatoo called Horse

We had the latest MRI follow-up today. Last week, the oncologist was away, so we couldn’t see him after the scan as we normally do.

So today, the oncologist told us that the scan showed no change - stable - again. The blood test results (hormones etc.) were also good. Basic neuro tests were fine; no sign of precocious puberty (well, we knew that, but he had to check).

Another scan has been requested for sometime at the end of October. Six months. Up until now, the oncologist has been very cautious about stretching out the time between scans. Last time we managed to get to five months, and it felt like we were really pushing our luck to even hint at it. We had been hoping for the day that he agreed to six months, and today he said it so matter-of-factly that it was almost a let-down. But we’ll take what we can get! Six months is great! And, as he said, moving to six-monthly scans after three years of stable scans is quite reasonable. Of course, even better would be shrinkage at the next scan and an even longer time between, but we’re certainly not complaining about today’s result!