We got the pathology report back sooner than we had anticipated, and its pretty good news! It is mesothelioma, and it is stage 3, but...here comes the silver lining.....its the type that responds to chemotherapy! There are 3 types of mesothelioma one type that is resistant to any type of chemotherapy making it impossible to treat. One is somewhat cooperative, and one Dr. Shull called "freindly." I am glad to say that dad has "friendly" cancer! The doctor said if you have to have mesothelioma, that is the kind you want. We would prefer to not have cancer at all, but news like this gives us all a little more hope!
We decided to celebrate our one good piece of news with a photo op! (Its a little dark, sorry)
Next step is to do a thoracotomy and check the lymphnodes down the middle of the chest. If they are un-affected, we will be sending dad to Boston, where they will try and resect as much of the cancer as they can!
We know that we have you all to thank for our good news! I told my dad that with as many people as he has praying for him....he will be just fine! So, thank you all so much!
Dad loves visitors, his favorites are his grandkids! Our kids have learned to make themselves right at home on the 4th floor! Dads room is next to a vacant room, and the kids.....with Uncle Jareds help, made themselves compfy and watched some cartoons! Another funny moment in our chaotic week!
YAY!! that is sooo great to hear (if we HAVE to hear news of cancer at all!). It is odd that they would call cancer "friendly"! Will they be doing the thoracotomy here in IF or sending him somewhere else and do you know yet when they are going to do that? Also, does he get to go home now? Sorry for all the questions! Love you guys!
ReplyDeleteOh good! We have been prying for good news with all of this and so we will definitely take the silver lining! We are also wondering when he can go home :)
ReplyDeleteDad is home tonight. He got to come home about 7:00, and is more than glad to sleep in his own bed! Shauna, they did do the thorocotomy here in Idaho Falls, and we should have the pathology report back on that tomorrow afternoon.
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