Whelp! We crested 100 days post surgery! I am so proud of Alan. His attitude has stayed amazing! He has dealt with the ups and downs of this journey far better than ANYONE would. And he will not hesitate to tell you where it comes from. His joy comes from The Lord. From his daily walk with Him. From his constant reliance on God's strength and not his own.
Thank you all for the prayers! On Tuesday Alan had another CT to see the state of things. In this it was found that there is in fact still a collection up high in his front. Two weeks ago, the IR doc said it wasn't there. But three weeks ago had been 5.4 cm by 3.5 cm and this week it is 2.8 cm by 1.8 cm. So the IR doc was just in the wrong spot, like I suspected. Not commenting on my full thoughts!
The pelvic collection that drain was in went from 4.6 cm by 4 cm to 4.6 cm by 2.7 cm. Dr. You came up to The Woodlands yesterday for our appointment. We love it when her appointments are up here!
She had spoken with Dr. Wise One (Fournier) and he told her that now that Alan is fever free and infection free, he would leave the fluid pockets alone.
The wonderful Dr. You who we adore REMOVED the drain herself in the exam room yesterday!!! It was such a glorious day. Seriously I cried. It's been so long and so hard emotionally, physically. I know most people don't understand that at all. And I will probably write more some day about the actual day to day challenges but right now we are going to simply celebrate.
After all was done with the drain, we got to talking about Alan's trip next week with Rebekah to the University of Alabama. That started a discussion about Rebekah wanting to be a genetic counselor, Lynch Syndrome, and her turning 18 and getting tested before too long.
I loved her desire to help our whole family. The Lord truly gave us an incredible team at MD Anderson. As we walked out, Alan skipped a couple of times with pure joy!
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