Some of yall may or may not know, Dad went into the MD Anderson ER Wednesday night (April 23th). Thursday morning, they admitted him. This afternoon, he was released from the hospital. Long story short, he had fluids on both lungs.. his left lung was much worst. Once they drained the liter of fluids from his left lung, he was able to breath better. They are treating him with some meds to reduced the fluids from his right lung.
When Dad was in the hospital, they did do an CT scan. The cancer hasn’t grown, but at the same time, it hasn’t shrinking either. Dad is maxed out on radiation and surgery is out of the question due to it being too wide spread. So, chemo is the only option.
Also, we have delayed the proceedings in dad getting the balloon stint in his esophagus. When Dad’s one MD Anderson doctor schedule this procedure, she forgot to mention the high risk involved in the procedure. We found out by another doctor that if the balloon collapses, Dad will be on a feeding tube for the rest of his life. He will not be able to eat through the mouth ever again.
To say the least, the whole family was upset, especially mom. She didn’t take the news very well. We have a consultation with the GI doctors on May 14th to discuss about this procedure. We are hoping to move the consultation up, but no guarantees.
In addition, dad has a ulcer which is near the cancer. One of the general MD Anderson doctors says that if the balloon stint collapses, it will most likely be right where the ulcer is… that is another reason why we delayed the proceedings.