Dad's surgery

Thanking God that yesterday my Dad finally got the 10mm stone broken up. This was a long awaited surgery. They also did an exploratory on him to see what was going on and replaced the stints on his kidneys. What was supposed to be a 20 min-2 hr surgery ended up being 5 hrs. The reason is when they went in to replace the stint on the right side, the ureter was dilated so the stint got sort of swallowed up and they could not get it out, therefore he now has 2 stints on the right side and 1 on the left. The left will be taken out next week, however, due to the condition on the right side, this one will be in for a while. They found while doing the exploratory that the prostate cancer has spread outside of the prostate and is pressing on the bladder and there is a tumor pressing on the ureter which has caused the swelling or dilation. Dad will not be having surgery to remove the prostate at this point, he will be undergoing hormone treatment for three months (this is to stop the cancer or to help prevent it from spreading) and then start radiation for about 6 weeks to shrink all the tumors/cancer. We spoke with the Doctor who did the surgery yesterday and he let us know that he had confirmed this treatment with Dr Aronson who is the Chief of Urology Doctor for UCLA and the Veterans hospital. We are not sure if Dad will be sent home today and have physical therapy come to the house or if he will stay at the V.A. until he regains strength. He is able to stand for a few moments with a walker and they also had him on a stationary bike for 6 minutes a few days ago which is wonderful, however, with the Guillain Barre Syndrome that he is recovering from, they have to be careful not to over exert him or else it can have the reverse effect and actually set him back. We continue to TRUST God in everything that happens and we still covet EVERY prayer!! God has seen him and my mom through thus far and He is not through yet!!! Thank you so VERY much to all you that have shown love and support to our family.....you may never fully know what it has meant to all of us, but we Thank you! Also, Thank you to Pastor & Sis White, Sis Blatto and the Burbank church for a DELICIOUS meal that was prepared AND served yesterday. Also for the laughs.....those are needed too!!!

This was taken last night @ 8:30PM after Dads surgery, he was being a little goofy in the pic, but he didn't feel the greatest either. =)