Both portions of Mom’s surgery went off without a hitch. She is in recovery now and will move to ICU later to spend the night.
Dr. Botha feels certain that there will be no need for additional chemotherapy. That is an absolute praise to God!
Again, I cannot thank you enough for all your prayers.
R.
The first portion of Mom’s surgery is done and went well. The reversal took about 2 1/2 hours to be completed. The liver specialist and his team have now taken over and expect to need about 2 to 2 1/2 hours for their part.
Mom will go from recovery to ICU for observation. That will probably [...]
My mother, Venus, is having surgery tomorrow morning at 7:30 am at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, NE. They will be removing a “wedge” from her liver that contains a 1cm in diameter tumor. This is a one of two tumors that metastasized from her colon. The other was completely eliminated with chemotherapy. Prior to the liver [...]
Mom’s oncology visit went well. Dr. Townley was all smiles as he walked in to her exam room. There was really not much of a visit. Dr. T wants Mom to see a liver specialist at UNMC next week. She will be seeing Dr. Botha - and The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one [...]
I have several things to post today, but only small blocks of time. So, here is the first of what may be several snippets of the day.
Mom had her PETscan early last week. (See here to know what I’m talking about….) The day she was supposed to get her results, we had an ice storm [...]
Well, six months have elapsed since I last blogged. Hubby informed me that I am linked to his blogsite and that his traffic report shows people have peeked in from there. Well, if I’m actually gonna have someone reading this (!), I should atleast post something!
Since my last post:
1. Mom has completed her first round [...]
Okay, so it’s been since January!! I really have not meant to be so lax at posting - I’ve just been busy with things.
Mom completed her radiation and first round of chemo. She then “healed” some and, on April 19, had a colon resection - with 12″ being removed. She currently has an ileostomy in [...]
My mom has officially begun her treatments for colon cancer. She was diagnosed in mid-December and she started treatment this Wednesday.
Mom is on a combined treatment of radiation 5 times a week and a 24 x 7 drip of 5FU, which is a chemo-drug pumped slowly through a port. This chemo is used in conjunction [...]
