Mom's skin surgery on 7/21. Dad awaiting test results.

Mom's skin on nose surgery is now scheduled for 7/21.
Thanks much to Cousin Sean for the help.

Dad went on 6/26, Thursday, for the bone density test.  However, he will not get the results for a few days.

My parents agreed with Cousin Sean that time is too short and precious to spend it mad and arguing. They are going to to work on not complaining about the other.

Dad's cataract surgery went fine

Dad went through surgery for his one cataract, and it went OK.
Mom's regular doctor appointment today went normally.

They feel everything is going OK.
Dad feels only problem is figuring out when to get Mom's skin cancer of the nose taken care of.

Parents better emotionally, but Dad has aggressive liver cancer and Mom awaiting skin cancer removal.

My parents seem to be getting along quite a bit better than two weeks ago.  When I visited Friday evening they were not bickering near as much as previously.  Dad got frustrated over a couple items, but the conversation did not linger nor escalate over them.

Mom and Dad greatly appreciated the visits from Cousin Sean and Uncle Chuck and Aunt Luise this past week.

Dad's medical diagnosis is now more challenging.

They went to the doctor Friday, 6/20/2014.  The biopsy revealed an aggressive liver cancer.  If no treatment were given, the estimate is that Dad would live for about six months.  There are now many more frequent treatments on the schedule than there were for the bladder cancer.

Parents struggling with frustrations about each other more than medical issues

After my visit with my parents Friday night, I again felt that their medical issues, while serious, are less of an immediate concern than their learning to get along.

The new medical issue is that Dad has a growth on his liver.  A biopsy to see if it is cancer is scheduled for 6/13.

Relatively minor surgeries coming up for my parents

I visited my parents Friday night, and they let me know about their upcoming surgeries.

Mom's nose scab is skin cancer.  Her doctor was not too concerned, but she does need the growth to be taken off.  It had not yet been scheduled as of Friday night.

Dad's chemo has progressed to the point where it is time for his bladder to be removed and replaced with an external bag.
He needs a CAT scan and his regular doctor's approval first, due to the long running concern over his heart.  When he does have it done, he is expected to be hospitalized for around five days.

The only surgery with a date so far is on 6/23/2014.  Dad is to have a cataract removed from his right eye.  The time of surgery to be decided and given by phone on 6/20.

Parents both doing OK, awaiting relatively minor medical decisions

My parents are both managing on own fairly well.
I was able to visit them yesterday.
They have likely relatively minor medical items coming up, and seem fairly well adjusted to the new regular routines.

Dad and Mom seem OK, going smooth for moment

Dad's pain is gone.  However, he is wanting to get off the pain killer medicine.  He feels his mind is affected, and is on the edge of being mentally unstable.  However, he has seemed to be mentally fine so far.

The elimination of pain has allowed Dad to be up and about normally.  We did a test drive where he drove and I was the passenger, and he did fine.  So he is comfortable driving to the doctor by himself now.

While visiting Dodge Park, Mom did not know what the name of a particular bird was.  I had to tell her it was a duck.
That seems extremely odd, since the rest of her vocabulary seems normal.

Mom is greatly looking forward to getting her large tricycle back in operating condition.  Uncle Robert took it to be repaired in his truck, and it is expected back Friday, 04/18/2014.  Mom is fondly imagining riding around the local sidewalks on it. Thanks much to Uncle Robert for handling it.

My Aunt Vera and Cousin Sean are having a rough time of it right now. Aunt Vera has bad swelling of the legs after some operations on other areas.
Cousin Sean has pneumonia.
I pray they both recover quickly and can endure the suffering as best as possible.

I also praise God for the suffering Jesus the Christ suffered, in part so he could understand and empathize with others suffering.