Thursday, February 5, 2009

Nuclear Scan, Thoracic Surgeon Appointment

Next week Shawn has an appointment with a thoracic surgeon to talk about surgery on the thymus.  One concern with surgery is that it would be dangerous if he has a pheochromocytoma. So next week he's also going to have  an MIBG scan to be certain that the enlargement on the adrenal gland is not a pheo.  

So next week's schedule is:
  • Tuesday night - fly to Chicago
  • Wednesday 
    • 9:00am be at U of C for injection, 
    • 1:00 first scan.  Scan lasts exactly 1 1/2 hours
    • 2:30 meet with thoracic surgeon.  (Yes, cutting it a tiny bit close there, but the surgeon's office knows that he's in the scan until 2:30.  We'll call them when we're on the way up)
  • Thursday - second scan (not sure what time yet)
  • Thursday night - back to IU

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