From Brent

Hi
Posted Jul 28, 2009 8:37pm
Hi to all. As most of you have read from posts from Dagney(thanks to her for the help). I was released yesterday after surgery. Mom and Dad gave us thier room at the Westin La Paloma, so we didn't have to make the drive last night. It was quite a shock before the surgery when Dr. Ong told us if all goes well we could go home that day, especially, after our consult with him telling us 5 to 7 days. I guess after being able to look at my previouse scans and the tumor only being 2 centimeters. he was pretty confident he could use micro ablaision to destroy the tumor without resecting it. He also took biopsies of 2 nearby spots and they came back as scar tissue. Hopefully the rest of all of those spots are scar tissue as well. Needless to say I'm pretty sore, and the oxycodone doesn't help a whole lot, but I am moving around ok. All in all things are going as good as could be hoped for. Thank you for all of your prayers, and I ask you keep them up, they really do help.
God Bless,
Brent

Day of Surgery Update.

Transcribed from Katrina...Hello, this is Katrina's sister Dagny.Katrina wanted everyone to know that Brent had his surgery at 11:29this morning, and is currently being prepped for post-op whereKatrina will be able to visit him.I will be updating with more information as she updates me.
More from Katrina via Dagny....Brent is out of surgery. Katrina is waiting to hear when she can go back to see him. There were 49 spots on the liver which might be cancerous or scar tissue. There were too many to biopsy all of them, but Dr. Ung biopsied two which were negative.Dr. Ung ablazed (sp?) the active tumor and fixed a small hernia near his belly button. Dr. Ung was able to save his gallbladder. Brent might go home tomorrow if his pain level is low.The next step is to meet with Dr.s Ung and Dragovich to discuss what should be done next.Brent and Katrina want to thank everyone for praying for Brent and all of your continued support!

Operation Info

For all that like to pray for people when they are in surgery, Brent's Starts at 10:45 am
Thanks
Katrina

Visitation - A word from my hubby

Visitation
Posted 1 hour ago
Sorry, just one more thing. I did want to send out a request from myself, on visitation. On the day of surgery I would ask that people do not show up. The hospital paperwork says that the waiting area is small so only a few people are allowed in there. Plus I would like to keep Katrina's stress level down as much as possible. Feel free to visit starting on the 29th, as I would like to have a day after surgery to rest and recuperate, and by Wednesday should be much more coherant, and actually remember you being there. And remeber if you do visit the "sad puppy dog face" as Katrina and I call it, is strictly prohibited, I don't need the pity, I would much rather enjoy the company.
Thank you for your continued support, and understanding,Brent

Real Men Wear.................................

Brent now has his own C. W. outfit for this years We Make History Events.

Plus his kilt I ordered him months ago came in the mail too.

When I first met him he told me if I bought him a kilt he would wear it. Well, 14 years later I finally bought him one and he looks "well" handsome in it.

Until Then,

K.U.

A word from Brent.......

Update from Brent-
"Katrina and I just got home from meeting with Dr. Ong, my liver surgeon. We have set my surgery for July 27th down at the UMC in Tucson and the plan is that I will be in the hospital between 5 and 7 days, to make sure there are no complications. There are few people who actually do surgery on the liver because of the degree of difficulty, but Dr. Ong knows the secrets. The main concern is the health of my liver, because with the length of time you are on the chemo it does damage to your liver that can affect the ability of it to regenerate. On top of the liver resection being done he will also remove my gall bladder, because of the location of the tumor on my liver the gall bladder will be in the way. With all this being said I am very confident in Dr. Ong's abilities. Take care, I'll keep you all posted.
Brent"

A word from Brent

The following is from Brent.
Well everyone as much as I wish I had good news to report from all of my scans, I don't. The spot on my liver is cancer, and it looks like I will be having surgery in the next few weeks or so.Now there is some good news to come out of it; First it is only the one tumor, it's location on my liver is perfect for surgery, and last of all at this time it doesn't look like I'll need chemo.
That's it for now.
Brent