UPDATE from amcp "Answer to Prayers"

Tuesday my husband and I drove to Vanderbilt for him to meet with a Liver surgeon. He was told he is a candidate for liver resection but since there was a spot in his lung that the lung had to be taken care of first. He ordered labs, CTscans of chest, abdomen, and pelvis, doppler of legs to see if blood clots are gone, and a pulmanary function test. He also got us an appt today with a Lung surgeon. He should us the CT scans and showed us the spot in my husband Frank's lung. He said is smooth and round like a marble and cancer is usually jagged
around the edges; he also the spot does not light up like cancer usually does on PET scans. He said the only way to be sure it is not cancer is to go in and remove it but Frank has to quit smoking and be completely smoke free 14 days before any surgery can be done. So we go back on the 23rd to have PET scan and then back again on the 28th for appt with Lung surgeon to get results of all tests and to see how long Frank has been smoke free. Also Frank is having his pre ops done then. They all said Frank has great chances but he first has to quit smoking. They will do lung surgery..heal for 4 to 6 weeks: go back to Vanderbilt and have some procedure to stop the blood supply to the right lobe of the liver to start it shrinking, and give that blood supply to the left lobe of the liver to help it start regenerating. After another 4 to 6 weeks, Frank will go back and have his liver resectioned. They said he will have a good prognosis. Frank says he is quitting smoking tonight. No more cigerettes starting in the morning...it is going to be hard after smoking for 45 years but he has to quit if he wants the surgeries. God keeps answering prayers and giving us hope. We have had two years of what they said was just palletive care with no hope. We thank God and everyone that is praying for us. Keep the prayers going up and we will for you.