10/16/07 Ronda finds out Mark has Colon Cancer

Mark went into the Opelika hospital on Tuesday morning. They rolled him into surgery around 1:00. 45 minutes into the surgery someone came to the waiting room and escorted Ronda, Mom, and Dad to a conference room. Ronda knew it was bad. She had watched several other people be taken out of the room into the hallway and given their news.

She knew the news was bad. It was then that the doctor came in and told everyone that Mark had colon cancer. He believed the gall bladder was healthy. He did not remove the gall bladder, rather he biopsied a couple of lesions he found on the peritoneal wall. The surgeon told Ronda that Mark was in recovery and that he had been told about the cancer.