Today was appointment day with Mom's doctors. We've all been holding our breaths to see what would be said today. What WAS said was actually not that different from what we already knew. Dr. Nichols, Mom's oncologist, scheduled a PET scan for Dec 13th (Renae has been teasing Mom that he could, in fact, find a kitten in there). Based on what was seen during Mom's surgery he is not expecting the cancer to have spread past her liver, but the PET scan will show if this is the case. If in fact the cancer IS just in her liver, then chemo will be the next step to shrink both the tumor and any little rogue cancer cells. After the tumor has shrunk, surgery will be the next option. The tumor is in a very good place to be taken off. It is in the lower left portion of the liver, a part that doesn't have any big arteries. Even though blood loss looks controllable, Dr. Nichols is still going to build Mom's blood count way up to 17 or 18 before surgery so that even if she were to lose blood it wouldn't have to go below what she should already have. He has been VERY cooperative about our feelings on blood transfusions, which has been very reassuring.
Dr. Nichols was very optimistic. I think we all felt a little better about this situation after talking to him. Lon, Renae, Doug and I were all with Mom while he talked to us. It helps having all of to support both Mom and eachother. Between the prayers being said for us, the love in our friends and family, Dr. Nichols, the chemo, surgery, and all of the natural stuff Renae is finding, this can be won.
Dr. Nichols was very optimistic. I think we all felt a little better about this situation after talking to him. Lon, Renae, Doug and I were all with Mom while he talked to us. It helps having all of to support both Mom and eachother. Between the prayers being said for us, the love in our friends and family, Dr. Nichols, the chemo, surgery, and all of the natural stuff Renae is finding, this can be won.
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