DAD'S SURGERY UPDATE

DAD HAD SURGERY THIS MORNING THEY GOT THROUGH AND HAD HIM BACK IN INTENSIVE CARE BY NOON. THE DOCTOR SAID THE ACTUAL SURGERY WENT GOOD . THEY REMOVED THE MASS AND YES IT WAS CANCER AND THE PATHOLOGY REPORT WILL CONFIRM THAT. BUT SHE SAID THAT THEY HAD SOME LYMPH NODES THAT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS AND SHE FELT PRETTY SURE THE CANCER HAS SPREAD INTO THE LYMPH NODES. THEY WILL KNOW MORE WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE PATHOLOGY REPORT. AND FROM THAT REPORT THEY WILL THEN DECIDE THEIR COURSE OF TREATMENT CHEMO, RADIATION ECT. BUT RIGHT NOW THEIR MAIN CONCERN IS HIS HEART THEY ARE KEEPING HIM IN ICU UNDER CLOSE OBSERVATION. THEY SAID HE IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. WE STILL DON'T KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT THE HEART OTHER THAN IT IS WEAK, BEATING TOO FAST AND SLUGGISH. HE WAS RELIVED TO FIND OUT HE WAS NOT WEARING A BAG. HE HAS A REALLY BIG CUT ACROSS HIS CHEST/STOMACH AREA RIGHT UNDER HIS RIB CAGE FROM THE MIDDLE OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS A VERY PAINFUL SURGERY. BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THE PAIN WITH A PUMP. I WILL KEEP UPDATING AS I FIND OUT INFORMATION. SO CHECK BACK