It has taken an entire week to get an answer from the medical oncologist's office as to our appointment in Seattle. It took getting the surgeon involved today to get a response from Dr. Whiting, the oncologist. There is no opening for Monday or Tuesday, but they could get us in on Thursday, January 8th. Gus will still have the 22 staples removed from the incision on Tuesday. He refuses to wait until Thursday to get the staples out.
Beau will fly Scott, April and myself to Everett early Wednesday morning, then fly all four of us home late Friday or Saturday morning. We have to be home by Saturday night. The four of us have a company prime rib dinner and Gus has every intention of being there.
The surgeon e-mailed me the picture that was taken of Gus' tumor and the official pathology report. Neither one makes any sense to me, but I forwarded them on to T.J. so he could present the tumor picture to his father on his birthday. Today was Gus' 61st birthday.
I apologize that I cannot understand the pathology report and share what it says. It might as well be written in a foreign language. I e-mailed it to my sister and both of us are still at a loss. The important thing is the medical oncologist will have it in plenty of time to read it. I could understand it enough to know that cancer is still present even if it is limited. The battle is not over yet.
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