almost forgot

We finally got some good news on my dad's cancer front.

The surgeon yesterday agreed that he was finally a good candidate for surgery. Yes, he's going to need to involve a thoracic surgeon to get the tumor near the aorta. But it seems there's enough of a margin to operate safely.

The surgeon reinforced the fact that he'd have a snowballs chance in hell if there was no surgery. The surgery will give him a snowballs chance in northern AZ in December with the surgery. Which makes me wonder how motivated the surgeon is to look after my dad's best interests. I wasn't there, but something rubbed me wrong about that.

The surgery will suck. Expect two weeks in the hospital. Expect three months of recovery. Expect nothing to touch the stomach for a long while (they'll reroute the feeding tube during surgery).

I'll have some time off by then (sometime in July). So I've already given work a heads up that I will only be there if I truly have to be there. I think my mom will need someone to keep her mind busy that day.