Mark is finally out of his 9 1/2 hour surgery. We were thrilled to hear from Dr. Bartlett that they think they got EVERYTHING!!!!!! They got out the primary tumor and the external tumor around the rectum and prostate without difficulty. They did have to do a temporary colostomy, but it will be for only 6 weeks. They resected the lymph nodes and they were all benign. No cancer in the lymph nodes. YEAH!!! The spots on the liver were not disease. They had spots on the diaphragm, pancreas, spleen and peritoneal seeds that were all removed successfully. These were all superficial spread of the tumor and not disease in the organs themselves. They completely removed the omentum (lining outside the stomach/intestines). They did have to take out some of the small bowel as well and another section of the large bowel. They took out his gallbladder and appendix and then did the heated chemo bath.
Mark is being closed up now. They should move him to the recovery room soon and then to ICU. He will remain on the ventilator tonight and they will keep him asleep, so he won't get all of this exciting news until the morning. We will have a big party in the ICU for him tomorrow. He will definitely be excited.
We were thrilled with the news from Dr. Bartlett. Thanks to all of you prayer warriors out there. There is a lot of power in prayer and I think we've witnessed that today. God bless!!!
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That is wonderful news!!! We'll keep the prayers going though for a quick recovery from the surgery!
Praise God! This is such good news. Thank you for keeping us up to date through the blog. We will continue to pray for his recovery but now can say a prayer of thanksgiving for a successful surgery!
Outstanding! Shelley and I will continue to pray for a speedy recovery.
That is great news!!! We will change our prayers to one of recovery from surgery now! Thank you so much for keeping us all in the loop.
Tina and Kevin
Praise the Lord! I know you will rest better tonight! Give our love to Mark.
Terrific news!!!!!!
To God be the Glory of this wonderful news!! We will continue to pray for a good recovery. Thank you for the updates, try to get some rest. All our love and in our hearts! The Light Family in OK
That is incredible news, we are so happy!!! We're praying for a quick recovery and we are so proud of you for fighting through this. I can't imagine what it has been like for your whole family. We love you guys and hope to see you soon. Way to go Mark!!!!
Great news indeed! Please know that the Nail Family continues to lift up your family in hope and prayer. We are anxious to hear the next great bit of news.
Lance
Great news! Glad to hear the hardest parts are over. We'll continue to keep you in prayer.
This is great news! We are still praying hard for you guys!!!
Just terrific!
jr
That is wonderful!
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