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Test Results Back
Feb 15th
Well the doctor just come in and gave us the results. He has Stage 2 colon Cancer. He has Mucinous Colon Cancer, which they say is a rapid growing type. His lythnods come back clear, meaning there was no cancer in them. The doctor says that right now he has a 60-70% chance of being cured with just the operation and that if he chooses chemo that chance would increas to 70-80%. The docotor said we need to see how his liver is before we can choose to do chemo. The heart doctor says his heart is good to go on chemo. My thought are that if his liver is ok that he should get teh chemo, which would be FOLFOX type chemo. So we have to wait and see.
Walking
Feb 15th
Well they just got my dad up and made him walk a little bit. He walked around the hall and back. We were able to wash him down before he got back in bed.
Morning Report
Feb 15th
Seems dad did not have a good night. They did remove the NG Tube, however he is a nothing my mouth order. He seems to be really out of it, although i suspect that is the meds. today is going to be a long rough one i am afraid. PT is going to come in and get him up and try to get him to walk a little, so not sure how that is going to go.
Update
Feb 14th
Doctor come in and said he was doing ok, they removed the dessing and the cut spot does not look so bad. He did say that we had to get him up and walking a little.
Bad Son?
Feb 14th
I have to wonder if i have been such a bad son to my parents that now God is punishing me by making my father sick like this. I can see no other reason why God would put my father thru this. All my life I have only known him to be a good man. Has always been willing to help people when needed, and has always been there for me. I look at my life and look back at so much that I have put him thru with the choices in life I have made and the life that I am living now. But I ask why would this happen to him and not me? Is it so I will hurt more, seeing my once strong father needing help to get up, to sip water, to even needing help to go to the bath room? I sit here looking at him, cut open, tubes in his nose and needles in his arms and ask , “Dear Lord, Why him, why this man, Why not me?”. I now I have not been the best Son there is. I pray that I will be forgiven and that my father will get better.
Just got a NG Tube
Feb 14th
They just had to give him an NG Tube to clear his stomach, seems his bowls are not waking up yet and it was making him sick.
rough night but doing ok
Feb 14th
Dad had a rough night last night. Knee started hurting and he got the hickups, so not sure what is going on. We are hoping the doctor can do something when he comes in.
Resting
Feb 13th
After a rocky start this morning and the set back with the not so good news, we were able to get him to sit up this afternoon for a few hours. When I left he was resting and seemed to be ok. I hope tomorrow will be a little better, we are going to try and get him to eat a little something.
well a set back
Feb 13th
Doctor just come in and told us that the mass was not in the scans in July and did not show up on the CT Scan in September, So it looks like a fast growing tumor. So we have to wait till Monday for the path results and the oncologest will be coming Monday to speak with us. Please keep us in your thoughts.