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Taylor Jo
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Well good news first. He's got emphysema of the lungs. Bad news. He's got Stage 4 cancer of the lungs, left kidney, and liver. They gave him 6 mths to live if they do nothing. If they do something he could live 3 mths to 5 years. He goes for a port a cath tomorrow and starts chemo for 6 mths starting Oct 14th. While at the Drs' the other day he was complaing of shortness of breath so they went and drained him so more of fluid on the lungs and took off almost 2 L of fluid. They don't know where the fluid is coming from and have to figure that out. They may glue the lining of his lungs and the lung together to prevent the fluid build up or put a tube in is chest and have him drain it when he gets SOB. But right now they just want to get him started on the chemo.
His family has started to arrive and are visiting. He's enjoying that and doing very well. It's helped a lot having that fluid drained so he can breath to talk and move around a bit. So we'll see what takes place. I'll keep you all informed. TJ
His family has started to arrive and are visiting. He's enjoying that and doing very well. It's helped a lot having that fluid drained so he can breath to talk and move around a bit. So we'll see what takes place. I'll keep you all informed. TJ
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