The Tumornator: Tom's updates

Tom added a Facebook update this afternoon because he's impatient 😂 I wanted to wait until we had PET scan results back before making a blog post.  Again, it's clear we process differently! Tom had bloodwork and a CT scan on Monday.  Bloodwork looked great--CA 19-9 was at 15 which is well below the "normal" of 35!  His CT scan was also stable per the radiology report we could see.  We met with Dr. Truty's team early Tuesday afternoon and he confirmed what we saw--everything was looking great.  He asked Tom if he was ready and told him he'd see him early on Friday morning.   Consents were signed for blood transfusions--Dr. Truty reported it's a 50% chance he'll receive blood, during the surgery itself or post op.  They also reviewed and signed surgery consents.  Unless something crazy unexpected happens, he will be removing the original 5 (pancreas, stomach, spleen, gallbladder, and 3 ft of small intestine) but they added an addendum in the e...

 As most of you have seen, we've had a very busy April.   Tom, the girls, and I took a lovely 9/10 day trip with travel to Hawaii (Maui specifically).  We did have some hiccups and travel delays on our way out.  What should have been 9am-8p DSM time ended up being 22ish hours at airports and flights and arrival at 11p Maui time.  We routed through Chicago-Seattle-Maui; however our luggage followed our original path to Denver.  It did arrive the next day around 730p.  We had a great time exploring the beach, local farmers markets/craft fairs, whale watching, attending a luau, and relaxing.  We also had beautiful family photos taken at sunset.                   We are also celebrating some events early due to our travel and Tom's surgery schedule.  Vivian has her 17th birthday in May, but we are celebrating with her friends later this week and then she was invited to prom for a friend of he...