Stanford's pathology report finally came back. The verdict, according to Diego's oncologist is "Dead Tumor".

Now, that's better than a live tumor, but it's cetainly unsettling. Perhaps a bit like finding out a serial killer came into your house, sat down on your couch and had some cookies and milk while you were away. But he had the courtesy to leave a thank you note, since you weren't there. So, are you coming back later Mr. Wilms? Can you, like, text me next time to let me know if you're coming by again so I know to make sure we are the hell out of the house? Or maybe we just need a much, much better security system.

Anyway, I did get a copy of the pathology report. It seems that the Kaiser pathologist had thought it could be some sort of cyst, but the Stanford pathologists felt the masses were consistent Wilms tumor "with treatment effect". The report states no blastema were identified (which was the opposite of what I was told yesterday). The masses had a bland morphologic appearance consistent with Wilms Tumor after treatment.

They will resume with the CT and UCSF pathology report. His case will still be presented at Tumor Board in a couple of weeks. Assuming the post op scan is clear, and the board agrees not to treat at this time, they will take out the Broviac. According to the voice mail left by Diego's doctor, "All in all this is good news, not scary news."

Not scary? I don't know, Dr. Sharma-- he ate a lot of our cookies. But if you say so...