Early Catch - by Ane

For a week or two Mark has noticed a slight pain in his abdomen on the left side. This past Monday we e-mailed Dr. Urba and he immediately ordered a PET scan which was done yesterday.  Last night Dr. Urba called, but we were unavailable so didn't get the call.  He left a message saying he would try again.  If the scan was totally clean we felt sure that he would have told us in his message.  That made for a rather restless night - wondering what the results would be.   Dr. Urba called back this morning (bytheway, he is out of town on vacation - amazing doc!).  He hasn't seen the scan himself, but Dr. Curti read it and let him know.  There are two small tumors - one in the soft tissue of his thigh and the other on his left adrenal in his abdomen.  Mark had some meds left over so he can start taking them right away while waiting for a new prescription.  While the tumors are back sooner than we had hoped for, they are small and not in vital organs.  Basically, we just caught it early!  We expect the medication to do its job again.  We have SO much to be thankful for!!!