It began with this image, taken on December 3 at Kaiser Petaluma. The image shows how the top of her right fibula (the small bone next to the tibia) has been pretty well decimated by something. The pediatrician, Dr. Hensley, showed us the image on the screen saying "this was not what I was looking for"- and began to explain how a normal bone should look, and how this area of her fibula suggests a lesion.
I stoppped him and choked out ""so, when you say "lesion", you are talking about..."
"..a tumor" he said
He continued to show the splintered areas of the bone, and recounted his conversation with the bone tumor specialist with whom he'd shared the xray prior to coming in to the examination room. He said the specialist was very optimistic and confident about curing Millie.
The next steps were to get Millie an appointment for an MRI and biopsy.
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