After running around getting second opinions and what not, we have decided that if the cardiologist ok's it, my dad will have a surgical procedure where they take some lymph nodes analyze them and within 30 minutes determine whether they will continue to remove the mass from the lung. Essentially, if there is no cancer in the lymph nodes, they remove the mass. If they find cancer, they stop the surgery right there and close him back up. Then we proceed with chemo/radiation. It's the only way we'll find out for sure that he is at stage 1 or stage 3....in other words when they told us stage 3B, that was a clinical assessment, the only way to know for sure is with a pathological assessment. Fortunately the pet scan and the cat scan show no other signs of cancer anywhere else in the body. It's just hard to tell with the lymph nodes and especially with the positioning so close to the middle of his chest. There's a word I'm looking for, but I can't remember right now. :) Anyway, the surgery is scheduled for March 12. All good thoughts and prayers would be appreciated.
Luisa got a haircut on Feb 19th. Of course we promised her a trip to the Incredible Pizza Place so she gladly obliged to the haircut. At least now she doesn't look all scraggly. Here are the before and after shots:
Thanks to Anna (Ted's mom) she started dance classes last week. Anna picks her up from MDO on Tuesday and then Luisa spends the night. Luisa goes to class Wednesday and I pick her up on my way home from the airport in the evening. Now if I could just get Anna to get Luisa to take a nap on both Tuesday and Wednesday it would be great! Luisa has already wrapped Anna around her little pinky, so she gets away with out a nap and Luisa still needs it pretty badly. Last week on the way home at 7 PM Luisa passed out and then during the night progressed to pee in bed because I couldn't get her to go to the bathroom when we got home, she was exhausted. Fortunately, there was no fuss. She changed into her pajamas that I had left by her pillow and then climbed into bed with me. I didn't realize this had all happened until the next morning. She was without panties, but at least had her bottoms on and she'd left her wet clothes in a pile on the floor. God Bless this girl!! She did well!
Mia is doing really well. She is rolling over and talking all sorts of nonsense. She really gets excited to see both Luisa and myself. Especially if she's been away from us for a little while. She continues to spit up, what else is new! She has tried prunes (due to necessity (constipation)), sweet potatoes, carrots, and soon she'll be trying green beans. She's moved on from rice cereal to oatmeal and she continues to eat about every 3 to 4 hours. She still loves sucking on her two middle fingers on the right hand (right hand ONLY!). Her hair is a bit crazy and wild, but still thin and now I make an effort to use a barrette, otherwise she looks a little funny.
I hope you enjoyed the update. I'd been putting it off for a while. :)
1 comment:
Keep us posted on your dad! Still praying for him.
Wow dance lessons, how is that going?
Melissa is still spitting up! I'm going to ask again at her 9 month checkup what is going on. She can go hours with out eating and still spit up.
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