The oncology results are in!!!! Both spots in Tom's colon were cancerous, AND they were both completely contained within the intestinal walls!!!!! He is cured, by a knife. Dr. McCoy would say, "Jim, they were just savages back in the 21st century, slicing people open to take things out." But we are all darn grateful for this primitive technology and excellent sewing skills of the good Dr. Silver.
I am in the hospital now, he still has that numb leg thing going on, but he is sitting in a chair and reports that he is starving. Its really funny, today's nurse (not the lovely Vicky, but a similarly spunky Caroline) told Tom that of course she will have him up walking today, but by degrees. First he gets to practice sitting in a chair for an hour. I just love the thought of Tom sitting still in a chair for an hour. Actually, this will finish redistributing the epidural meds so he can have pain control and motor control simultaneously. He plans to walk over to see his dad this afternoon.
He still has his elephant tube, gets a new dressing today, so maybe I'll be here when they do it so I can see if he actually had surgery or if this is a sneaky new Weight Watchers Thanksgiving prep where he fasts for 4 days under doctors' care and then gets to eat everything he wants while maintaining his lifetime membership weight range.
More after the walk.
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