So as most of you know, my DH and I have been dealing with the loss of a really good friend's child, a child who considered us to be his aunt and uncle. It's been tough on everyone involved, but support is all everyone can offer at this point.
As I'm sure some of you also know, my dad is pretty sick and he was taking an experimental drug to see if it would help.
Well, last night I received a call from my mom saying that the treatment didn't work, but that now he has polyps on his gallbladder and the doctor wants to remove the gallbladder, because in the doctor's words "polyps on the gallbladder turn into cancer 100x faster than polyps found in your ass."
Well the doctor also said that since my dad's liver is pretty much shot due to the illness he has, he is a high risk surgery patient and there's a very high chance that during surgery he could bleed out and die, doctors words.
The doctor wants to chance it and take out the gallbladder because he doesn't think my dad's body can handle chemo and radiation and my mom doesn't think that my dad will even opt for chemo and radiation if it got that far.
My dad is in a state of shock, my mom is a mess, my sister just pushing it all aside because she's never been good at dealing with things like this, I'm numb because of everything else that has been going on.
My mom is supposed to call the surgeon today to make an appt to discuss options and everything, but my dad's doctor said he has until the new year to make his choice.
Happy Holidays everyone.