Mom had her surgery to remove the tumor mass from her tongue. The surgery was successful and they were able to remove the whole tumor plus a few extra spots further down her tongue they discovered. They also went into her neck and removed 20 lymph nodes. Yesterday we found out one of the twenty lymph nodes is positive for cancer cells. Mom will start radiation next month. Hopefully, the radiation will zap all the cancer cells and we can be done with this. She is still in a lot of pain as her tongue and neck incision heals. She is beginning to talk more normally and is finally able to eat solid foods. Her doctor is impressed with how well she is able to maneuver her tongue with how much of it they had to take. She feels and talks a little better each day.
Uncle Roger has been moved from the ICU into a rehab center. The other night he called my dad the first time in over a month. My dad was ecstatic to get a call from him. He is still healing from his tracheotomy and having a difficult time eating and talking. He ate two full, real food meals yesterday! He will have to spend 3-6 more weeks in the rehab center. Hopefully after that he will be able to go home. He seems in good spirits and is anxious to get home.
As my dear Emily says, "Such is life."
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Reading it I sound so pessimistic & unsupportive! Your mom & uncle will pull through this and they are lucky to have you. I love you.
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