but it's not as bad as I had hyped it up to be.

Apperently at the hospital here in Laredo they misread/took crappy quality x-rays of my dad during the whole catscan thing. They told him, while here was here, that they found spots in both kidney's and his lung.

Well, the specialist over in San Antonio took new x-rays. The prognosis? My dad does have fluid around his heart. On the one hand, that's pretty much easily removed. All they have to do is go in w/a needle and siphon it out. They would have done it yesterday but the labs are closed over the weekend so they're waiting 'till monday. After the surgery they'll send the fluid off for tests to see if it's infected or cancerous. Now, the good news is...there's nothing in his lungs as far as anyone can tell. His right kidney is also what the doctor called "in perfect health". His left kidney on the other hand, has a cancerous tumor the size OF his kidney. From everything they can tell, it hasn't spread so this is also good news.

They would have also gone in and taken out his kidney yesterday, but they don't wanna do that until the cardiologist says that his heart can take it. So, we have to wait another couple days for that. Possibly mid-week if not this upcoming weekend.

So, it's not good. But it's not bottom of the barrel.

Ah!
Wisdom at last!

"So, it's not good. But it's not bottom of the barrel."
» elessar257 on 2007-03-02 01:35:42

Maybe the tumor really IS his kidney and up until now it was just in disguise! :0
» randomjunk on 2007-03-02 05:56:27

Puatchuchaseh?!
» elessar257 on 2007-03-02 11:47:30

I like the barrel anecdote. Did I use anecdote right? Did I even spell it right?

Anyway, my prayers are with your papa, and I wish him the best.
» Dilated on 2007-03-03 04:33:52

I'm glad that it wasn't as bad as they thought. I hope the prognosis gets ever better. the eclipse starts around 5:45 EST; when it rises in your part of the country it should be in the middle of the eclipse. Try and look up and see it, it will be red.
» Zanzibar on 2007-03-03 05:32:37

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