Update on my sister

This morning, my sister was complaining about having severe pain in her lower back and hips. She went to the ER, and the doctor there ordered an x-ray of her back. The x-ray revealed an anomoly, so the doctor ordered a CAT scan to get a better look at the anomoly. The scan revealed an tumor in the bones of her spine around the L4-L5 area. The tumor was putting pressure on the nerves of her spine which is what was causing her all the pain. As it stands now, there are some tests still pending, but the doctor says that it looks like the mass is a very aggressive form of cancer that is rapidly spreading. It's still too early to tell how things are going to play out.

Dad's freaking out (though he's trying very hard to hide it) because this is very close to what happened to his oldest sister who died of cancer back in 1983.

Update

8/08/05, 9:00pm
Just got off the phone with Dad. The doctors have found two more tumors - one on each of her hips.