Pads had a good night - still waking up thinking someone's going to check his obs but that's getting better. He walked slowly all the way to the hospital which was remarkable and he chatted all the way too. The neurosurgeon is still concerned that hydrocephalus may recur so we're keeping an eye out for headaches.
I'll fill in the name they gave it later but Pads is being lined up for various scans and therapies. These interventions will have to await him recovering strength so that may take a few weeks. The oncologist said it had probably been growing for months rather than years. In the mean time they are sending it on to getter a better fit on precisely what type of cancer it is. That will determine how they order the treatments.
This general type of cancer can spread along the spine, but not to other organs, so they will scan to see if there's anything there, although surgery can 'muddy the waters' a bit making it hard to tell what is lump and what is leftovers.
Bearing in mind that some cancers can move quickly to take over the whole body, this is not the worst news but it is a far cry from 'surgery was enough' - we're looking at 6-12 months of treatments which will have a major impact on lots of things.
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalms 73:26
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