“Team Rowan”, as Hap’s radiologist called them, went to Sloan on Monday, June 22, to discuss an embolization on the pelvic mass along with other options. It is obvious that there is no risk-free procedure. Interesting enough, when you embolize in the liver (which Hap had 2X) you are blocking up blood vessels that almost all go to the liver or liver tumors.
However, in other parts of the body the blood vessels may be supplying blood to numerous places or organs. Therefore, embolizing the pelvic mass has risks of blocking blood supply to other sources besides the tumor. To make an attempt to prevent this Hap is scheduled for a special CT scan to provide more information on the blood vessels. At this time Hap’s radiologist is looking at mid-August for the embolization. He has to return to Sloan on June 29th to receive his monthly treatment injection and meet with his main doctor.

“Team Rowan” may vary from appointment to appointment. On this particular day it was Hap, Mary, Bonnie and Lisa. However the “Team” REALLY consists of everyone supporting Hap whether with prayers, cards, researching info., attending appointments, text messaging, or simply listening.