If it’s Wednesday…

If it’s Wednesday, things must be better.

Gary is feeling better and plans are that he will go home tomorrow.

They did a CAT Scan today to check for fluids, and although there were small amounts here and there, it was nothing to worry about.

The irony of it all of this is that they asked him (remember he’s the guy who has eaten next to nothing for a week and a half now) to drink a pint of liquid to prepare for the test.  I can only imagine what I would have said as I think most of us, even at our best, would find CAT Scan Kool Aid less than appealing.  The good news is that he got most of it down and followed it up with a chaser of a whole cup of milk.   He tolerated both fairly well.

The pathology results were mostly positive.  There was only one lymph node (out of the 26 they removed) that showed some cancer cells and there was only a tiny amount of cancer found at the tumor site.   They’ll start him on the second round of chemo as soon as possible, and since we know that the last round did its job, everyone is optimistic.

Once home, Gary will continue receiving nutrition through his port.  They will orchestrate this so that he only has to be “hooked up” during the night.  The Borg analogy lives on.  Dr. Tseng has also said that he can start experimenting with solid foods as long as he takes it slow.