Thank you for the continued prayers!. We saw the doctor this week...vascular surgeon...and he said that, after meeting with the radiologist and reviewing Dave's PET scan results thoroughly, he wants to skip the biopsy and just go straight in and remove that lymph node. We asked around a lot, discussed it with each other and family members, and co-workers, and decided to go ahead and get that lymph node cut out so they can biopsy it. The doctor said the radiologist felt that it was too small to remove some tissue for biopsy, but felt it needed to come out completely. There is "atypical cell activity in the lymph node." Then they will biopsy it and, if it is lymphoma, Dave will go through chemotherapy. If it is not, he will have had needless surgery, and a lot of prayers answered!!! PET scans are very reliable and it detected "atypical cell activity". You don't mess with that. I think this whole thing was a Godsend in order to get a man who rarely requires medical intervention to tend to this before it is too late......I just feel that way! We are waiting for the surgeon to call us with a surgery date on Monday. So please continue with your prayers for Dave, me and the our boys.

Jeanne and Dave