Well good news and bad news lately.

First to answer Steph's question, yes they have called the cancer "extreamly agressive" and are quite positive that it will return. Their main goal in doing the surgery was to 1) get him out of some of the pain his tumors wer causing and 2) to get the cancer cells down to a level that can be more easily managed with chemo and radiation.

So things have been up and down the last couple of days. Monday night, he had some difficulty breathing and his heart rate dropped into the 40's. At one point, his respiration quit entirely, so they puth im back on the venilator. (The inlaws from hell didn't really see the need to call his son about this until almost 4:00 the next day, which really hacks me off, but that's another thread...and hopefully one that won't get hijacked). Anyway, once they got him back amongst the living, they took him down and did another CAT scan, and found LOTS of fluid on his lungs, which my mother in law believes was caused by too much morphine.

Physically he has done much better since then. His respiration is steady, he got several tubes and wires removed today, including his feeding tube, which he is VERY happy about. We argued sucessfully with the nurses to remove his morphine drip, which they did and his pain is staying at a pretty constant 2-3 on a scale of 10 without the morphine. Without the morphine, his lungs have cleared up dramactically.

He has another round of chemo scheduled about six weeks from now, but so far, so good.

Thanks for yourprayers and thoughts, and will keep you posted.

LAW