Being still

"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:13-15.

Through the pet scan, God is fighting for Andrew.  And AJ had to be pretty darn still to have it happen. No wife, no TV, no reading during the "intake" hour.  We got quite the science lesson  from the radiologists. I now know why the radioactive glucose reacts with AJ's cancer cells and why it was important for him to be calm & still - in case we weren't listening to the Exodus verses.
And, in answer to prayers, we were back on I-95 just after noon and Andrew was at his desk at Discovery by 12:45.  (The guy is still working; amazing!) While the set up wasn't as comfortable as the last pet scan in Arlington (AJ can blog about this), the time seemed to go faster for me.  The Bonhoeffer biography I'm reading seems a bit heavy this week so I switched to One on One by John Feinstein and cannot put it down.  [Nate to AJ: "Why is Mom reading a sports book?"] The crazy world of sport reporting is a perfect diversion; Andrew was back at my side before I knew it.
So what's next?  We wait.  I wish I could say we'll be still, but there are music lessons and basketball games to attend. Two radiologists will be reading this scan.  Besides the "regular" radiologist, the head of the department, who is also the head of the clinical trial AJ agreed to join this morning, must read it and write his report.  This may take a day or so.  But we will keep you posted.  Til then, please pray that the pet scan comes back "negative" (which is positive news for us) and that we don't need to pursue more intense chemo.