Monday, March 16

Scott and I met with the surgeon late Monday afternoon. Lucky for me, Scott’s work has been extremely flexible through out all of this, so he came by the house to pick me up for the appt. Mind you, he hasn’t taken off any time off through out all of this.  He has only left for the appts and always went back to the office or finished his work from home. He is such a hard worker, anyways…

The surgeon reviewed the plan for the surgery, drew a diagram of the colon and explained how they would go in through the belly button, remove the tumor, about 18 inches of the colon, and reconnect it all with a titanium ring.  

He also reviewed the CT Scan results, any complications that could occur and possible scenerios of next steps. 

I told Scott I wanted a turkey sandwich post surgery and the surgeon said I wouldn’t be on solid foods until I was home from the hospital. That was when I cried. Not that I didn’t understand that he was completely rearranging my GI tract, but I realized this was really happening and it was going to be painful. 

Surgery was scheduled for Thursday, March 19. 

Nikki commentary:  at all these appts, they ask if you have an advanced directive. I guess it is time to get one. Mercy was great and they called a notary for me and within 5 minutes, I had an advanced directive. 

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