Tissue Tug of War

We have a little tissue tug of war going on.  Mayo wants the 2012 tissue to run the pathology.  But, our doctor at Children’s wants to send it to St. Judes to Dr. Ellison, who may be able to do some testing to predict the tumor’s behavior (likelihood to recur, spread, etc.).  Since there was only 1 centimeter of tissue from 2012 and both Mayo and St. Judes can’t have it at the same time, I opted to have it sent to St. Judes since I think that information will be more helpful to our decision.  The tissue is apparently still at Johns Hopkins.  I think Johns Hopkins won’t send it directly to St. Judes, but first to Children’s and then to St. Judes, although that seems dumb given that time is of the essence here.  So, this information will likely come at the last minute.  I’m eager to get any excuse to take little Jude and run for the hills. I just hate the idea of radiating his perfectly good brain without evidence of any disease.