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Well, at the risk of (all-too-typical-engineer) bluntness, I would be worried, but I usually try to direct worry into a sense of urgency and action. You Canadians are too nice! Not the time to be nice to the disease. Please be proactive against this thing. I just sent my dad on his way to a new urologist appt., armed with a list of questions I got mostly from Mayo. Not offensive, just simple questions about some treatment options. Sadly my mom passed away last December, but was in and out of hospitals, doctors, etc., and I was involved some of it (long story). I was amazed at how much the doctors responded to my questions, thoughts, etc. I wish I had gone to med. school, BTW. Anyway, I'm always very conscious of doctors' egos, personal pride, etc., so I'm very careful to play very naive and ask simple questions, timed carefully, etc., but please don't let this go too long. The earlier the treatment is started, the better the outcomes. Low-dose chemo might be the best thing for her. There are oral ones with almost no side-effect. As the AC mentioned above, there are many types of leukemia, and there's no reason to wait and see. Sorry- I'm chomping at the bit here. I know a top top top -many really - oncologist who gets top score ratings in the whole metropolitan area he's in (Philly) where there are many top top hospitals (all competing with University of Penn.).

A PET scan will show where the bone problem is- where the leukemia is being produced (and spreading). Focused ("stereotatic") radiation will stop the problem. Then you'd wait and see if it has spread, or if it resolves (which it very well could).