Franks next surgery is Thursday

So they will remove his last kidney Thursday.

We got some good & bad news this weekend. The good news is that the stomach fistula is finally healing on it's own. 8 weeks of TPN, he was able to start sipping water & iced tea over the weekend. They were concerned that it would not heal itself & he would need a major surgery (again) to fix this.

Now for the bad news
The CT scan he had last week showed there is a 4cm/5cm leision on his pelvic wall. They immediately did a bone scan and that came back negative (naughtier good news). The oncology department became involved in the case. They feel that the mass is blood, fluid & "something solid". They will decide on the next coarse of treatment after the surgery is done.

The plan is for the Kidney to be removed first because of the hemorrhaging 3 weeks ago which brought him back to the hospital. He has been receiving dialysis 3 or 4 times a week here in the hospital. We are planning on doing Nxstage but I don't know how the transition from in hospital dialysis to our training for Nxstage?

They have placed him on a pain pump & now the pain is under control. No more waiting while the nurse answers the buzzer & then get's the pain med.

It has now been 19 days in the hospital this time. I'm sure it will be at least 2 or more weeks to go. We live 1 hour drive so I have been spending one night sleeping on a cot in his room the next night I sleep at home in my own bed. Needless to say I can't sleep well down there They are in & out all night, which I'm very happy with the kindness & caring the staff has been to both of us. My Dad and My son , wife & 2 children live with us so I need to come & see my family & keep them posted.