Surgeon Consult

We drove to Boston today. Dave had a meeting with the Surgeon. There were not too many revelations. He did an exam and the tumor has shrunk some. Most of my questions were answered with statements like "The Stoma Nurse will go over that" or "The anesthesiologist will deal with that" or " the nurses on duty will decide that." Well.... at least there is a team we didn't know about and they all have their specific jobs. On August 7th the movers are due to deliver our things to "The New Blue House" as Liam calls it. And on August 9th Dave has a CT scan. Then on August 15th he has his pre-op appointment as well as an appointment to see the Oncologist. After his surgery we will need major amounts of support. In every way imaginable. He will have two incisions... one will be huge from his sternum to his pelvic bone. He will have a colostomy bag that we will be learning how to deal with. Folks say to me a lot "let me know if you need anything",... well,... the time is coming were all of those will be called in! We will be in some serious need of help AFTER September 5th. He has his surgery Sept 5th, then 4 days in the hospital, then probably a week at the Godfrey house in Haverhill, then we go back to Quaker Hill where we will have a visiting nurse once a week or so for awhile. We were excited that phase 1 is over. But phase 2 now looms ahead...........