We had a great Thanksgiving. The doc told Tom he could try regular food, but to take it easy. He had turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy and pecan pie!! He almost forgot how to chew his food after a month of only having clear liquids. Since that went so well, Tom's been trying other foods and doing fairly well with them.
Woo hoo!!! Today turned out to be the final visit with the surgeon. While at the office the surgeon pulled the chest tube, the PICC line, and the J tube. Of course Bubba looks like he's been through a war with many healing and many bandaged sites. But he didn't mind giving up his various "purses". Now it's up to us to get all the nutrition he needs by mouth with no "help" from a tube. I'm looking forward to seeing Tom across the dinner table.
We will be seeing the Oncologist again this month to set up more chemo. Of the twelve lymph nodes removed, three had microscopic evidence of cancer cells. However, the margins were clear on the parts of the esophagus and stomach which were removed, so we are very optimistic.
Until the next time,
Jan
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