Instead he said that Lk has 7 cysts (!!!) and that we may as well "rule out" leukemia. I had hoped he would not mention the C word, but there it was. He ordered a blood test and drew blood from Lk's finger (he was all excited about his Snoopy bandaid afterward), and it just broke my heart. I managed to get to the car before I burst into tears. Grandma took Lk to daycare while I drove on to work, sobbing the whole way.
Doctors always try to euphamize by saying, "Let's just rule it out." Now I know they are susceptible to lawsuits so they don't want to sugarcoat too much at the same time they don't want to put forth panic. Leukemia never crossed my mind; I thought lymphoma as a worst case scenario. Now we wait for the call to come back after testing at the lab. I should know within 24 hours. But a long 24 that will be.
Please pray for my sweet baby...
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Oh no Terri...my heart is breaking for you and Lk right now. I can't imagine the thoughts that are running through your head right now. :o( I pray that everything is OK with Lk and that these cysts will be resolve in time. Meanwhile, I'm going to be thinking posititive thoughts for Lk and hope that there is absolutely nothing wrong with him.
Sending you big huge hugs your way!!!
Wow. I'll say some bigtime prayers for you and him tonight. Keep me posted on the test results.
Hang in there. Don't "worstize," as it's probably just cysts. Like you said, doctors have to rule out everything these days.
Thinkin aboutcha!
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