Bo's Fifteen Minutes

It was Andy Warhol (who was, I might add, a Carnegie Mellon student...) who said that we all get 15 minutes of fame. I joke about this notion a lot. Pierce was due on December 30th and I told everyone that I DID NOT want a New Year's baby because when I finally got my 15 minutes, I wanted to be wearing clothes AND makeup! Well, I hope Bo hasn't had his 15 minutes--'cause that would really be a bummer--especially now that we are pretty darn sure he never even had cancer! If you are interested in the gory details, you can go to www.uscap.org and read his case study. Please note that some of the biographic details are wrong, but let's face it, Dr. Vargas was only interested in the gory details, not the pretty ones.

And can I say just one more time, that pathologists are just the best and Dr. Vargas is my hero? She presented Bo's case at the annual pathology conference and by the end of the discussion, there was not a dissenting opinion in the room. Plus, in preparation for the conference she did one more genetic test to determine that Bo does indeed have a marker for pleomorphic adenoma. So, what he had needed to be removed since any abnormal growth can become cancer if left long enough. The fact that it had already spread also probably meant that malignancy or further spread was probable if left to its own devices, but divine providence said we needed to find it and so the rest is history.

She said that Bo really has no more chance of having a recurrence than any of the rest of us have of having a single occurence of pleomorphic adenoma, but his monitoring schedule should probably still be followed since there is always a risk that a portion was left behind and may still be growing. So, that makes this blog really boring now, but I think I will keep it for a while, I can continue to let you know when Bo has his check-ups and hopefully at some point I will get back to business and tell you about the plans for the cancer center which have been on the back burner for a long time, but will be resurrected one day when life settles back down.

For now, Bo's last scans were Monday and he's all clear. He's also getting better at being poked and prodded, so the visits are much less traumatic than they used to be. So life in CoMO is good, the weather is beautiful and life is just magical--best to you and yours this fall season--my favorite and talk to you soon! With love, Lisa