On March 21st, dad (aka Hambone) underwent a major, 7-hour surgery to remove cancer growing around his colon and blocking one of his kidneys. He's recovered remarkably well, the doctors are positive and have not given up on my dad yet, which gives us hope. Before Dad was released from the hospital on a Sunday evening, March 29, he had a catscan to check the placement of what's called a "J-stent" which was temporarily put in place to encourage tissue growth around the ureter tube which stems from kidney to the bladder. The attending doctor who read that report said the stent did indeed move a little, but the stent was fine. Dad continued to recover well at home and had a visiting nurse and physical therapist a few times a week which gave him peace of mind and helped him recover with appropriate exercises to make him stronger.
Why Hambone? All of my dad's friends call him Hambone. Makes for a better blog name than "Go Daddy" or "Bill's Adventure."
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