Our son-in-law, Todd, had surgery Tuesday, November 17th. He had surgery last year to have part of his lower bowel removed. He has had that surgery before he was married to Nissa. While doing this surgery they found spots on his liver the doctors were concerned about. A history was taken and Todd recovered from the bowel surgery.
This year, during his check-up for the bowel surgery, they checked those spots on his liver again. He was fine from the bowel surgery. However, the doctors determined they needed more tests regarding the liver. Extensive scans were taken of his entire body. The determination was the only problem was the liver and they were sure it was cancer. Visits were made to the surgeon and a date was set for surgery, Tuesday, November 17th. The plan was to tie off the half of the liver with the spots, it would eventually die and then they would remove it. Amazingly, under the right conditions, the liver will regenerate itself. So, the hope and plan was that eventually, as Todd healed, the liver would regenerate and he would be fine again.
Tuesday, the surgeon got into the surgery and realized he needed to change plans. He went ahead and removed half of Todd's liver and some spots on the other half. He felt confident he got everything that needed to be removed.
Todd was in ICU until Thursday when they moved him to a room on the floor. This brought them great joy.
Next step...getting to go home. The hope was to send him home Sunday, which was earlier than anticipated. However, due to uncontrolled blood and sugar levels they determined to keep him until today. Haven't heard yet today if he has been released.
This is a good man and our prayers are fervent for Nissa and Todd.
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