Michelle came home this evening, She is doing quite well following the surgery which was one week ago today.

The doctors (3 of them) all believe the surgery went very well, they removed the section of colon with the tumor and were able to reconnect the two ends successfully. They removed 20 lymph nodes for biopsy and unfortunately 9 of them came back positive (the good news is that those 9 nodes are out), Had there been no positives she wouldn't have needed chemo, So she will need to have chemo, the doctor told us to wait 4 weeks to recuperate from the surgery before starting chemo.

She has an appointment with her Oncologist here locally next Wednesday and she will start making arrangements to go up to the University of Chicago for a second opinion and or treatment at the University. They have a very highly rated cancer center there.

As you may know, Michelle is a registered nurse so she is fairly knowledgeable about cancer and has been able to explain a lot to me about everything.

Michelle is very upbeat and positive that she will beat this, It is considered a highly treatable type of cancer, and we think it was caught pretty early, so we are hopeful and PRAYING that it can be stopped here and now.

Michelle and I greatly appreciate all the thoughts, well wishes, and prayers and other success stories. It is very comforting.