CD and BigMac
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Yesterday's surgery condo
I just walked in the door from my evening visit with BigMac. He is holding his own but is pretty tired. This is much different from how he was after the first surgery. He is very quiet and doesn't move much. But his eyes seem clear and he picked up his head when he heard my voice. He tried to head butt my hand and then rested his head in my hand as I stroked his brow. He purred gently.
Poor guy has been through so much and is really worn out. But he needs to rest and get stronger.
The good news is that the bilirubin has come down one full point from 6 to 5. He has quite a way to go but this tells us that the openings from the gallbladder to the duodenum seem to be working. I hope the bile continues to flow the way nature intended. He getting fed through his J-tube and meds through his IV.
The BEST news is that the pathology report came back. The tumor was NOT, I repeat, NOT cancer! The surgeons were flabbergasted and wondered if the report was wrong. So instead of the aggressive adenocarcinoma originally diagnosed... this is AMAZING news. The cells were pre-cancerous but to me, that doesn't count because the tumor is out. BigMac will not need chemo-therapy. I hadn't really thought too much about what happens after his recovery because he has so far to go. But knowing that he will not need chemo is such a relief and I will not have this nagging fear of where the next tumor might show up. Whatever happened to cause this mass, may not happen again. He will need some treatments to deal with the thick bile and it may mess with his diabetes, but we know how to deal with diabetes.
The surgeon said the "no cancer report" was an Easter gift. That was an interesting comment since BigMac was born on Easter Sunday, 1999. Tomorrow is his birthday.
I'm very concerned (but not too scared) about his physical condition and it is very hard to see him lying there so quietly. I hope tomorrow he will be a little bit more alert. The doctors seem to have faith that he will be better as the days go on. I will hang on to that. Especially since they still have his sign up... Escape Risk. I like that.
You can see his "strait jacket" with all kinds of writings on it. They do not want a repeat of his tube pulling action. ohmygod_smile
I just walked in the door from my evening visit with BigMac. He is holding his own but is pretty tired. This is much different from how he was after the first surgery. He is very quiet and doesn't move much. But his eyes seem clear and he picked up his head when he heard my voice. He tried to head butt my hand and then rested his head in my hand as I stroked his brow. He purred gently.
Poor guy has been through so much and is really worn out. But he needs to rest and get stronger.
The good news is that the bilirubin has come down one full point from 6 to 5. He has quite a way to go but this tells us that the openings from the gallbladder to the duodenum seem to be working. I hope the bile continues to flow the way nature intended. He getting fed through his J-tube and meds through his IV.
The BEST news is that the pathology report came back. The tumor was NOT, I repeat, NOT cancer! The surgeons were flabbergasted and wondered if the report was wrong. So instead of the aggressive adenocarcinoma originally diagnosed... this is AMAZING news. The cells were pre-cancerous but to me, that doesn't count because the tumor is out. BigMac will not need chemo-therapy. I hadn't really thought too much about what happens after his recovery because he has so far to go. But knowing that he will not need chemo is such a relief and I will not have this nagging fear of where the next tumor might show up. Whatever happened to cause this mass, may not happen again. He will need some treatments to deal with the thick bile and it may mess with his diabetes, but we know how to deal with diabetes.
The surgeon said the "no cancer report" was an Easter gift. That was an interesting comment since BigMac was born on Easter Sunday, 1999. Tomorrow is his birthday.
I'm very concerned (but not too scared) about his physical condition and it is very hard to see him lying there so quietly. I hope tomorrow he will be a little bit more alert. The doctors seem to have faith that he will be better as the days go on. I will hang on to that. Especially since they still have his sign up... Escape Risk. I like that.
You can see his "strait jacket" with all kinds of writings on it. They do not want a repeat of his tube pulling action. ohmygod_smile
It was definitely worth waiting for. Until the next time.