Rachel started another round of high-dose methotrexate today. One of the oncologists just came in and said that they’ve heard from Boston and that she needs to choose between prom and graduation – that they want to schedule the surgery May 31, which would mean missing graduation. Rachel said that if she had to choose between the two, she’d rather go to prom. The surgeon did get approved to use carbon fiber supporting hardware in her spine, though, so that’s great news. Carbon fiber is won’t mess with future imaging scans or radiation treatments and will also hold up against chemo treatments better than traditional titanium. They want to do 2 weeks of radiation prior to surgery.

Rachel also had a follow-up CT scan of her lungs today to make sure the cancer hasn’t spread. Preliminary results show nothing in her lungs. She is scheduled for another MRI tomorrow.