Mom and dad met with the surgeon yesterday and surgery is set for May 1. Dad is the only surgery for that surgeon on May 1. They will go in through the chest and the side to take out that nasty tumor.
They are still debating going down through the esophagus to get to the two lymph nodes to remove them. That surgery is a bit trickier since it goes past the vocal cords and the lymph nodes are by a nerve.
The wound nurse has her marching orders (can you tell we are a military family) and is determined to get dad's stomach wound all better prior to May 1. Dad just has to continue gaining weight and getting stronger before the date.
They still need to double check on the spot on dad's liver. They will either do an MRI or a biopsy in the upcoming weeks. We believe that it will be nothing noteworthy but we continue to ask for prayers.
Loving Father, I entrust myself to your care this day; guide with wisdom and skill the minds and hands of the medical people who minister in your Name, and grant that every cause of illness be removed, I may be restored to soundness of health and learn to live in more perfect harmony with you and with those around me. Through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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