Marge's Surgery

It's been a long day.

Marge's surgery lasted 2 hours. It was an hour less than was allotted, which was caused me unease as we met with the Doctor.

Our Doctor found the mass was as expected, more of the same cancer. There had been quite of bit of bleeding. The bleeding explained Marge's loss of consciousness last Wednesday. The cancer had not penetrated organs, but lay around the colon, small intestine, and bladder. At the end of this surgery he felt several cancer cells still lurked around and behind organs he couldn't reach. (This was a change from the two earlier procedures when he felt the cancer was contained.)

His guidance was we need to start Chemo as soon as Marge is strong enough. He is worried about how quickly the cancer grew, unchecked in the last 3 months. (Her last surgery was 16 Feb.)

Also complicating the treatment is the bleeding she experienced, cause by the blood thinners she was taking. The thinners were to prevent clots from forming, which can be a by-product of cancer. (Marge had a clot on her lung in Feb.)

All-in-all we are dancing a delicate dance between chemo vs. cancer growth and bleeding from thinner vs. blood clots.

We are thankful we have a great cancer Doctor, and a Great Physician.

Thanks for the continued prayer... I will keep you posted.
Jim
11:20pm