Sunday

Scotty had his catheter removed this morning and the dr said he can try to eat some liquid food. I spoke to the dr who told me that the mass was classified as a t3N0M0 which is a stage 2 tumor - and the studies are mixed whether a course of chemo is going to be helpful. We will meet with Dr Feliz in September to discuss options and risk factors. Dr Otchy did say that for as large as the mass was this was the best news we could hope for and that Scott is very lucky.


Stage II: T3 N0 M0; T4 N0 M0
Cancer has spread to other organs near the colon or rectum. It has not reached lymph nodes.
T3: Tumor invades through the muscularis propria into the subserosa, or into the pericolic or perirectal tissues.
N0: No regional lymph node metastasis.
M0: No distant metastasis.


Scott had penne pasta and meatballs for dinner tonite and seemed to be ok. He did have one set back. His bladder doesn't seem to be emptying so they had to do another cathether. Talk about being unhappy about it!

He is getting up and walking on his own now and just generally feeling much better. Thanks to Pat, Digi, D3 and Hannah Bea for keeping him company. And a big call out to Chris F for helping me with my lawn. Scott did quite a few laps around the 4th floor today and is little speedy gonzalez. Hannah told Scott "Daddy if this was a race for the slowest person, you would win". We all laughed a lot on that one.

The Dr said he may be able to come home Monday night or Tuesday morning. It's been rough on both of us so we are anxious to get him home.