On the Mend

Things are starting to look up for us again! Easton's rash is healed! Yay! I guess the doctor was right, we just had to ride out that darn virus! I would not wish pityriasis rosea on anyone.

As for Tyson, he isn't exactly healed, but lots of people have been asking about him so I thought I'd hurry and post the latest. We were able to see the specialist last Wednesday because they had a cancellation. We really liked Dr. Riddle. He looked at Tyson's previous lab work and felt that since his calcium was so high and his parathyroid hormone (PTH) was in normal range that it was looking more like cancer (most likely bone or lung) than hyperparathyroidism. He ordered more blood tests and said he would schedule a PET/CT scan after he received those results. They called with the results of his blood work Friday night while we were in the temple and couldn't leave a message. So that made for a long weekend of wondering!

We found out this morning that his calcium was still very high at 11.7 (normal is 8.4-10.1 -- this was down from 11.9 in his last test) and his PTH was 106 (The normal range is 12-88 -- this is way up from his last test). To sum it all up this is good news. It points more towards a benign parathyroid tumor than to cancer. The doctor is going to call Tyson and discuss it all a little later today and hopefully get a scan scheduled. That's all we know for now. It's not much, but we feel good about the way things are heading. Thanks for your concern everybody!