Family Ties

I arrived in S.F. on Saturday and my Dad picked me up from the airport to drive to Reno. The drive was good. I could totally tell he was thinking, "God, this could be me in her shoes." He was reminiscing the entire way home and asking me if I remembered when... He's really sad about the whole thing, too. My sister and I are both hanging in and I just think every day that I am so lucky to have a great sister and best friend like Jenn. I know that not many people have as close of a relationship with someone as we do with each other.I did some research and found out that the surgeon just put an antibiotic in the chest tubes. It acts like an irritant the same as the talc powder. It seems like it's a different way of doing the same thing (pleurodesis). They didn't really ever tell her what kind of cancer she has. I have some ideas (definitely adenocarcinoma and possibly Mesothelioma), but we'll see what the oncologist says on Wednesday.

She came home late this afternoon. At about 8:00 she started coughing pretty often and had some fluid to cough up, which isn't really good. It lasted a couple of hours but she's doing better and napping on the couch.

The tumors are starting to collapse the top portion of her left lung. Basically when the seal the doc made stops holding, things will probably get pretty bad. He said it could be days, weeks or months. If the cancer isn't gone by that time, then it's not looking good. I can't WAIT for the appointment on Wed, but I have a feeling that Jenn and I aren't going to be very happy. Jenn politely reminded me that it's in God's hands (hopefully our interest is in his hands, too). We're prepared for the worst, but hoping for the best and just really sad that this is happening.