Hi All,

[Friday, Feburary 6, 2007] Shelsi is still at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills in the Saperstein Critical Care Unit room 5S62, and as of this writing, she is undergoing a PET scan.

Hopefully this will finally resolve the question of whether or not the uninvited mass has penetrated her heart. This is critical as it will make the difference between "simple" chemo therapy and the need to precede it with surgery.

If the "thing" has grown through the heart wall or into any of the major veins or arteries, and the chemo therapy successfully melts it away, it could leave a hole where it once was. Such a thing would likely be lethal, because holes cause leaks, and leaks are not something you want in places like that. So, the doctors are taking great care to make absolutely sure that dear Shelsi survives the "cure".

At this point the word is that Shelsi is in the clear and that the PET scan is just a "formality", and that she will start chemo tomorrow.

Shelsi is still as cheerful and bright as ever which has been a blessing for everyone around her.

Sheri, her mother, reported that she feels a lot more "optimistic" at this point.

--Steve

Shelsi is the daughter of Sheri and Ric Hancock, and the wife of Eric Stolworthy. On Jan 25th she was diagnosed with "Diffused Large B-cell lymphoma" -- in other words, Cancer. It manifested as an 14 cm mass in her chest that was pushing on her heart and constricting the blood flow to the rest of her body. Now she is out of Intensive Care but is still undergoing Chemotherapy treatments. Her husband Eric, her parents Ric & Sheri and all the rest of her family and friends thank you dearly for all your prayers and support!