The Results are in...

After spending most of the day at UAB, we finally returned home to Auburn with a few answers... and a few more questions. Carrie's blood work came back fine for the most part - the only thing that was low was her white blood cell count. They weren't dangerously low, but that could explain why she's been so tired lately. We also got the results from the CT scan this morning... and it was good news, bad news, and left a few more questions. The good news is several of the existing spots have SHRUNK!!! Not tremendously, but enough to notice that they have indeed shrunk. The spot where they radiated showed shrinkage, as well as the large left adrenal mass, the mass in her inferior vena cava, and a spot close to her liver. Despite this great news, however, a few new spots showed up in her stomach area. They're still very small, but the fact that they are new spots isn't great news. So we got both good news and bad news, we just aren't sure which outweighs the other. Despite all this information, Carrie's doctor feels she should try to get on the clinical trial at MD Anderson. The results they've seen from the trial have been surprisingly good and she feels that Carrie needs to get in the trial while she still can. We are in the process of trying to get in contact with the dr at MD Anderson to see if he agrees and if there are any spots left. They had already made Carrie a tentative appointment for next Wednesday, Sept 8 in Texas so we may be heading out to Texas next week. We are hoping to hear from the doctor by friday so we will let everyone know as soon as we find something out. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers today-keep them coming!!