So much has been going on. Bill on a diet, Jeff getting to go to a regular 4th grade class for his resource time & he is reading a bit(!!!!) on his own!! Chip has another go with a possible surgery in a few months if his right tibia gets worse than it was on Monday. And then my dad.
Dad told us at Christmas that he had a mass on his kidney. They found it by accident when a sharp eyed radioligist saw it when the did the medicare covered scan on his aorta to check for anuresiums(sp). His doc sent him to a specialist in town and they sent him over to Norfolk (Across the water)to the big hospital where the best docs are for his condition.
He has known for a while but didn't tell us. They did the last Cat scan on 12/12 I think it was and gave him the results on 1/10 and discussed surgery procedures for Monday 1/22. They had hoped to take it laproscopically, but that isn't going to happen. He is diabetic and they wanted to leave both kidneys if possible. I get a bit upset that it took so long to get to the surgery point. 2+ months!!
Dad has a x- large kidney stone in that kidney, right in front of the mass. They didn't want to wait to blast it and then let it move and were concerned about it moving after the surgery and causeing damage. It became a moot point when a dark spot showed up in the lower part of that kidney on the CT Scan. They don't know hwat it is at this point.
Monday they will take the kidney. He will be in the hospital for 2-3 days and then they will hopefully let us know what is going on. 90% of these masses are cancerous. He really didn't have any pain until just recently.
Dad is retired, but of course my mom is a nervous wreck. Being a wife of the 50's, she went from her parents home to being married to my dad. Both are in their early 70's and she hasn't been alone. Not sure what my brothers plan to do, but Chip and i will be with mom at the hosptial waiting.
Thanks for praying for & with us. Dad's name is Kent.
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Now I just need to post about 200 more to pass LizzY
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