Jason is doing really well and is sleeping right now. He has a fancy air bed that helps so much with alleviating his lower back pain. He said that it is so much better than the other bed. He just ate is first meal after about 36 hours of no food or drinking.
Dr. Baird came in this morning briefly and confirmed that he did remove 99% or close to all of the tumor. The tumor that was left would have affected his motor skills if removed so he did not feel safe in doing so. I am so impressed with this surgery. It is night and day compared to his surgery in Portland. He is already out of the ICU here! In Portland he was in ICU for days....what a difference!
There is still the issue of the tumors spreading which it sounds like they have already done. I knew that was a possibility and had asked the Physicians Assistant at Dr. Antezana's (the first surgeon) office about it. I was told this was a primary tumor that would not spread! Well....they were wrong. That office was also the ones that told the ER we went to that there was nothing else they could do for us....sickening really.
So what happens next??? We will need to decide on treatment for Jason. This is a tough thing to decide because we really believe in the alternative treatments however this tumor is super aggressive and needs something super aggressive to fight it. We welcome your thoughts and suggestions on treatment options.
The hospital here is amazing! They have everything here. The food is actually real food too not that crap they were serving us at Providence Portland that was powered food and junk. They actually try to serve organic foods whenever possible too. I have nothing bad to say about this place!
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