PET Scan

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September 7, 2018

PET-CT scan on Tuesday. Should hear results on Thursday or Friday. Doc says it may be the case that what was removed was all of it and it in fact hasn’t spread. Unfortunately we won’t know the situation until the end of next week. But there is more to hope for than we initially thought. That is excellent news.

 -Ryan

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