Today we finally got a little information on the procedures that happened at the end of last month. During the bronchoscopy Mr Daya took 3 biopsies. The first from the back of Max’s throat. This biopsy has been diagnosed to be tumour and has been sent off to the Royal Marsden for confirmation. The second and third biopsies were taken from the trachea (windpipe) around the area just below the smaller tracheostomy tube, one from the anterior and one from the posterior wall. Both of these have come back negative, ie. they were just tissue samples. This means that what was blocking Max’s tube was a granuloma, as we suspected and hoped, rather than tumour. The MRI scan shows that the tumour is exactly the same size as it was this time last year (8th July 2003) which is good news in that it hasn’t grown but it also means that it hasn’t shrunk. What is not clear however is if the tumour is the same size relative to Max, or, as Max has grown, the tumour has stayed the same size, and thus become relatively less significant. Unfortunately Mr Daya and Suzanne Crowley and both on holiday at the moment so I shall have to collar someone else!
The general feeling is that Max has a viral infection which is what is making him feel so rotten (just like Justin was yesterday) so a little bit of time and extra pampering is what he needs. Hopefully he will be home soon.