down to Pittsburgh

[fatnhappy]

The wife and I arrived with junior last night about midnight. We spent some time at the hospital today, then a bit of down time so we went to the zoo. Tomorrow is go time. He has two procedures beginning at 0930 hrs. Monday morning is the big surgery. He'll be admitted all weekend.

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Oh yeah, it was pouring rain the whole drive down. While clipping along Rt 17 near Andover I spotted a bear.

[Dean D.]

I'll be keeping your Son and all of your family in my daily thoughts and prayers Dean. Positive vibes from the other side of the country.

[Houndog]

My thoughts and prayers go out to the little guy and to your whole family. May GOD guide the physicans hands and may the procedures be successful.

[waksupi]

Glad you made it safe in the rain. Pulling for you all.

[Cherokee]

Prayer given for your son.

[Buddy]

My family will be praying for the son. Are you @ UPMC? I've spent many nights there with the grandson.

[Recluse]

Big time prayers for all of y'all. Keep us in the loop and let us know what else/anything else we can do.

:coffee:

[stubshaft]

Prayers sent for you and yours. Hope everything works out for Jr.

[gon2shoot]

Wishing you the best of luck and minimal stress Dean, prayers for all.

[Ajax]

Prayers sent.and if me and mine can help you and yours please let us know.


Andy

[fatnhappy]

Thanks to everyone that pointed out a lawyer was after my son. Don't worry, he's safe.

Anyways.......
James started out scheduled for a CTA today. The doctor that was to perform his cerebreal angiogram cancelled the CTA over fears of too much contrast being used. The risk being that the additional contrast used in the angiogram would lead to kidney damage/shutdown. We went straight into his angiogram which as near as we can tell was a striking success. The surgeons told us they were able to embolize all but a few arteries feeding the tumor. The rest are safer to deal with during surgery so were left intact. They monitored his brain activity during the entire procedure, the danger being that he'd become a democrat.

We just moved to a room from recovery. He'll have a CTA as an inpatient tomorrow. He may have another MRI too.

Dean

[Ajax]

the danger being that he'd become a democrat. LOL

Glad to hear it is going well.


Andy

[cephas53]

Good to hear all is going well, keep us up to date. Praying for the providers, you'ns seem to be on solid ground.