Thoughts about a callback from St. Lukes

[HappyDancer 7]

Hi everyone. My parents both had to undergo sputum tests on August 16, 2015. They were advised to call back Nov 16 for the 2-month wait period. Based on what I read here, no news usually means good news. Well, 6 weeks into it (last week), my mom received a call from St. Luke's for my dad saying that he should call back Nov 16 since they are not yet done with the tests. Weird, I thought. No word about my mom's test. I am curious if this is typical? I am really hoping for a negative culture test. Does St. Luke's just randomly conduct these courtesy callbacks? My parents are planning to call back anyway on Nov 16 per their instructions. I just don't know what to make of that.

Any thoughts?

[Ryan H 3,851]

Moved from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America forum to Philippines regional forum. Topic is country specific.

[emrich999 5]

hi undergone sputum too and i passed. your case seem weird. i know there are some people who are called but to inform to call a week later then the first scheduled date to call. well if they didnt ask you to report immediately then assume that its negative. coz if its positive already they will ask them to report on an earlier date.. hope this helps

[HappyDancer 7]

That's exactly what I thought too, emrich. Not sure what to make of it. But, I have read earlier that some DID get a call back and was told to call for the result at a certain date. In this case, I'm just really crossing my fingers that it was an initial negative for the sputum culture.