MRI

Everything went well. Tom said that they gave Jack meds to drink which put him totally out of it, practically asleep, and he barely flinched when they put in the IV. He slept through the whole test, woke up fine and didn't remember anything. He was pissed b/c Tom told him he was going in a rocket ship and he has no recollection of the machine (amnesia is a side effect of the meds.) I was able to mollify him by showing him a picture of an MRI machine I found online. He thought it was hilarious that I said they loaded him in like a loaf of bread into an oven. 

He was rather placid and peaceful when he got home, not angry at all as my cousin warned me he might be from the meds. He was bobbing and weaving like a drunk boxer from the sedation's after-effects and actually collapsed in a heap several times, much to his and his sister's delight. It was like a flash forward to the first time they get silly drunk together, God help me.

The ortho called this morning and said that the lump shows classic signs of being a bone cyst which almost never becomes cancer. Tom was totally relieved and I mostly am but 2 things are bothering me -- 1.) why can't they DEFINITIVELY say that it's a bone cyst? what else needs to be shown for them to know for sure? 2.) "almost never" is not the same as absolutely never. Cut it off if there is a chance that it could become cancer for God's sake. The surgery would be traumatic for sure but rather that than an amputation down the road. Good Lord.  

As long as it doesn't start causing him pain or restricting his movement, we're home free. We'll need to take Jack in annually so they can measure any growth (It could get bigger as his bones are still growing.) Good news, I know, just not a clear cut resolution with the maybe's and almost never's to worry me.