Great Weekend In Las Vegas

I spent the weekend with mom, dad and Rachael.

As always, we were a little wild and crazy!

Whatever happens in Vegas,

stays in Vegas.

Mom and dad are going to go see the surgeon today. This visit is to get scheduled for Laparoscopic surgery. It is a surgical procedures with the assistance of a video camera and several thin instruments. During the surgical procedure, small incisions of up to half an inch are made and plastic tubes called ports are placed through these incisions. The camera and the instruments are then introduced through the ports which allow access to the inside of the patient.

The camera transmits an image of the organs inside the abdomen onto a television monitor. The video camera becomes a surgeon’s eyes in laparoscopy surgery, since the surgeon uses the image from the video camera positioned inside the patient’s body to perform the procedure.

This will allow the surgeon to determine whether or not the tumor will be able to be removed through surgery. If there is fatty tissue around the tumor the surgeon may be able to remove it. If there is no fatty tissue around the tumor, dad will not be able to have the surgery. Either way, he will have chemotherapy and possibly radiation to control, and possibly remove, the tumor.

We are all hoping for good news today!