All is well

Mom called today to inform me that Dad made it through his tests on his colon. Last week they decided the swollen gland that is/was cancerous did not shrink enough to remove it, so they replaced the stiint connecting his kidney and bladder. And he had hernia surgery too this month.

OK Rewind, last fall Dad's kidney was not working because of the swollen gland that blocked the urethra tube connecting the kidney and bladder, thus had surgery to get the kidney working again with a bypass thing called a stint that has to be replaced every so often. After the cancer diagnose, he went through radiation again. Mom said radiation was over with the week after Thanksgiving.

So Dad had tests on his colon today that came out ok. He had to drink a gallon of awful tasting medicine to do the test. Mom said Dad's doctor trips are over for the moment. I told her she may have to get an apartment up here so they didn't have to drive so far. My hoemtown is an hour away. Now Mom's surgery is on the horizon. I think next week or so.

Mom is having her knee replacements replaced, her first new knees were done when I was a kid. This time might be worse and I asked that she not show her surgery scars this time. Last time she had staples across her leg, this time she gets screws and staples sticking out of her leg. Then the doctor detected a heart murmur today and put her on more medicine to strengthen her heart before the knee surgery. She described it as a door (or heart valve) not shutting on the way before being reopened and causing a swish sound in her heart. Apparently surgery puts a heavy strain on the heart and a heart murmur can be fatal. She said after the first pill for her heart she suddenly stopped feeling so tired. Next she said she might, depending on how she feels, go to a nursing home to recover and get phsical therapy there instead of staying at the hospital. I told her she is too young to be in nursing home. She laughed and said it was for physical therapy not caring for her. The question that remains is how wll Dad survive many days without Mom.

Keep you posted. Bye!