Monday, August 22nd - Evening update

Well, Radiology came up and met with Mama & I. It sounds like they will not be doing anything with Mama's kidney until next week. They said they had been contacted to see if they could do the cryo treatment. I asked about the tumor being 3.2 cm in size and whether they could treat it. They didn't see a problem with the size and confirmed it could be done. Urology still needs to come meet with Mama, but it sounds like she either has the option of surgery to remove part or all of the right kidney or they can freeze the tumor with the cryo treatment. Either way she will go under with general anesthesia. The cryo treatment would by far be a less invasive surgery though. Mama has had so many complications with her last surgery, that she is opting for the cryo treatment if it is her choice.
Dr. Pillarisetty came in this evening also. He thinks Mama could possibly go home tomorrow or Wednesday. Especially since we are able to do everything for her at home that they are doing for her here. However, because she has not been able to eat at least 1000 calories a day yet, she would have to go home with IV nutrition until she is able to daily get her calories and fluid intake up. They will be setting up a home health care service to help with that whole thing.
Daddy went home this afternoon to take care of a few things and hopefully get a good night's sleep tonight. We are so glad he finally took a little break to recharge his batteries. He will be back tomorrow.
The cards and blog notes keep coming in. I cannot tell you how much they all mean to Mama. Thank you for taking the time to let her know how much she is loved. You brought happy tears to her eyes. Thank for your continued prayers.

With love,
Carmen & family