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Thursday, December 13, 2012
my mom
Today--More Medical Stuff
For over a year now our lives seem to revolve around doctor visits.
Especially after last November with the cancer diagnosis and
start
of
chemo for Sandi. Later this morning Sandi and I will be seeing the cardiac
surgeon her cancer doctor recommended last week. Hopefully he will have the
results of the CT Scan she had last Friday. That was done to better locate
the 2 centimeter thing on her chest wall slightly behind her heart so that
this doctor has a definite surgical target.
As we understand it, at this point, this type of thing means cracking open
the chest wall. But, maybe not. Very early this morning long before dawn,
when I could not sleep yet again, I started searching around on the
internet trying to figure out how they would do this. Apparently the doctor
she is seeing this morning is involved with some sort of robotic surgery
deal where they do not crack open the chest wall. Instead, in some sort of
"minimally invasive" deal, they put a couple of very small holes in
through the ribs on the side and then work from there. This is supposed to
be better for the patient with less pain, faster recovery time, etc.
Whether or not she is a candidate for this I obviously do not know. But, if
so AND if it works, it sounds much better than cracking the chest wall and
spreading it apart which is all I have been thinking about. We also have to
schedule this for Sandi as soon as possible when next Tuesday Scott is
supposed to be at another hospital for a medical procedure test of his own
regarding his ongoing gastrointestinal issues. That has been scheduled for
over a month to happen as soon as possible once he finished his finals at
UTD.
The fact that I am so limited in every way is really frustrating when it is
times like this.
Kevin
my mom sandi and my dad kevin
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