THE BIG SCAN!

01/08/08

Preston's parents are coming into town tonight because his dad is having an operation tomorrow. The doctors are going to go into his pancreas and cut the nerves that supply the pain. Basically, his dad will no longer be feeling any of the pain that the cancer is causing that the morphine can not treat. I have reservations about this procedure though. I mean I don't want him to be in pain of course, but pain can be a red flag sometimes that something is not working properly. Preston's father would not even know he had cancer had he not felt the pain. It just seems like if they go in and snip, how does he know when something is going on down there that is not normal if he can't feel it. Oh well, maybe I can get more info tomorrow on this procedure. Right now it is worrying me!

Just wanted to let you all know that Preston's dad had "the BIG scan" yesterday and they find out the results today at 11:00 AM. Preston is going to meet his parents and sister at the hospital and call me with the news. This scan is going to show the size of the tumor and the results after the 28 days of radiation. Please keep Preston's father in your prayers. We just hope the tumor has shrunk enough to operate on and hopefully remove. I'll update this later own with the results.

The results: 1:30 PM

Ended up being pretty good I think. they could not tell if the tumor had shrunk enough yet due to the scarring from the radiation, but they could tell that the mass has not grown in size or moved to the surrounding organs. That means it is responding to the treatment and next week the doctor will go down the throat through the stomach and visually be able to tell the size of the tumor. Preston's dad seemed pleased with the results so far and they are going to put him on an experimental chemo after christmas. I'll update this as I go.