Off again on again...

Karen is out of the hospital and at home now.  The surgeon has her on his schedule for July 2nd.  There are three likely scenarios that could play out. They will look with a scope first to see if there are lots of little tumors that don't show up on a CT scan. If that is the case nothing will be done. If it looks like there is enough good tissue available they will attempt a resection. If their is too much damaged tissue they will perform a colostomy.  We are hoping for the resection scenario.

After the appointment with the surgeon we had thought the directed radiation treatment would be delayed but after a few phone calls and some questions it looks like it is still a go.  The oncologist and radiologist both say it shouldn't affect recovery from surgery too much with how it is currently scheduled.  The surgeon agrees but did say the bowel prep prior to surgery will be made more difficult and uncomfortable with a sore leg due to the incision and catheter insertion during the mapping procedure.  Karen has said she is willing so I'll do what I can to help.

My help usually involves cracking jokes and twiddling my thumbs while she does all the hard work.  Some day we'll know why she had to go through all this.  Until then we just keep plugging along, hoping for the best and raising our little miracles as well as we can.

Braden