Wednesday, April 18, 2007

What Next?

It turns out most of G'diddy's problems of late, the weakness in his legs, his stomach being "balled up", anemia, can be traced to a fairly advanced case of lymphoma, revealed on a CT yesterday. There are a number of affected nodes in his abdomen and it's also in his neck. The oncologist, who can probably tell the prognosis just by looking at someone, said a biopsy would narrow down the type and stage of the cancer. He said it is not slow growing. G'diddy is going to have the biopsy, but at his age, it's unlikely he could tolerate chemotherapy. We are probably looking at hospice options.

What a week it's been.

I'll tell you all about G'diddy one day. He's a fascinating guy. For now, I have to try to put on a happy face and go to tee ball practice. Things continue.

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