Wednesday's Report

Daddy is still in the step-down unit, because they have not totally stabilized him. He has received two units of blood and will hopefully be able to move to a regular room today if his blood pressure increases enough. Dr. Peters visited today and gave Daddy the official report from the surgery. There was another tumor higher in his colon that he was able to remove along with the original one. This caused Dr. Peters to have to remove more of his colon than he had anticipated. 

Upon further inspection, Dr. Peters discovered a number of tumors of varying sizes in Daddy's abdomen. He removed some of them but they were too prolific for him to remove them all. He explained that even if he had removed all of the tumors, others will soon grow in their place. He will wait until Daddy recovers from surgery to discuss options but is "not going to twist Vernon's arm to do chemo." He was very specific that doing chemo and radiation after the first surgery likely would not have prevented this latest reoccurrence. So we have no regrets about the wonderfully healthy year Daddy just had with no further treatment. 

We ask that you pray for strength for Daddy's complete recovery and for our family. We hope to be home by Friday or Saturday.

Much love!

Jaime