My mother had her surgery today. The doctor originally had someone else scheduled. But, he decided that she was important enough to be put first. Now, as good as that is, there is only one reason why you’re surgery would get top priority.
The PNET they found on her lung was on her spine. In fact, it had itself wrapped around the spine bulging it. Fortunately, it was on one of the vertebra that controlled her legs and not higher up. However, in trying to remove some of the tumor, it might affect the ability for her to use her arms. In particular, the doctor was concerned about bleeding, spinal fluid, and bone weakness. However, we do know, from some time back, that another doctor commented that my mother had the bones of a 35 year old. We waited for 3½ hours. Halfway through, they said that she was doing fine. Then, around 9:00, my dad got a message saying that the surgery was successful. As we were going up to see her, we ran into the doctor who was very positive about the surgery. He said that, when they removed the tumor, the spinal cord bounced back into place. He then applied pressure and there was no bleeding. When they checked her neuron activity, they could find signals going from her brain to her legs. Supposedly, there might be another surgery that will be even longer, I think, to deal with the tumor possibly being in the bone. Also, he said that the tumor had the potential to spread up the spine. But, as far as I’m concerned, we’re winning so far.