I called the neurologist and his nurse called back. The urine and blood tests show no factors associated with malignancies. She confirmed this pretty much rules out a neuroblastoma, which is good news. It still could be malignant nerve sheath tumors or some other form of cancer. Even being a benign plexiform neuroma could mean some pretty awful things. I read about what this could be and what it could become and it is overwhelming and horrifying.

But David is oblivious to all of this. He is now sitting on Vernon's lap and playing with Loren. She is tickling him and he is trying to tickle her.