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Today we spent the day at MD Anderson, hoping to get all of the additional tests out of the way.  We were told that if the tests were completed then the doctor would be able to see Heather today instead of Monday.  Well that proved to be untrue because he wasn't even in the clinic today so we talked to the research nurse instead.  Since monitoring clinical trials is my job I at least know what questions to ask.  I wanted to make sure we had all the tests completed and the documents in place in order for the doctor to verify if she qualifies or not.  Luckily we did this because we discovered that MD Anderson did not have copies of her previous biopsy slides, which they need before they can include her.  We found the slides in Oklahoma and they are now on their way to Houston, but it might add on 3-5 days to our stay because the pathologist at MD Anderson has to read them before the doctor gets them.  It seems like everything is such a long process, I guess we need to get used to that.  In the meantime Heather had another mammogram and ultrasound.  During the ultrasound they decided to do another biopsy, this time on her right breast.  That ended up being positive, which was a big blow...yesterday Dr. Alvarez said that he didn't see any cancer there when looking at her PET scan.  Now there's nothing we can do except wait for our appointment with Dr. Alvarez on Monday and hope that everything is in order.  She's pretty bummed out about the whole day so she didn't feel like writing the update herself, but she really appreciates the messages and comments.
-Heidi