thursday night late, february 28

the surgery to implant the dialysis catheter went well.

earlier in the week, the doctors were concerned about some issues, so they decided to perform a colonoscopy on dad on tuesday. we all felt horrible he had to go through the process with everything else he's going through. during the surgery, they found a two inch polyp and promptly removed it. they sent it off to test for cancer. the results came back negative today. praise the Lord. they said if they hadn't had reason to do the surgery for other concerns, they would've never known about the polyp, and if it had remained in him, it would've turned into cancer within two years. God is so good. i hadn't included this information because we wanted to wait until we found out the results.

it's possible he'll be released from the hospital this weekend or early next week and will immediately be an inpatient at healthsouth, a rehabilitation clinic. his stay there will be between a week to two weeks. we're hoping that after the first half is over, he'll be able to come home to sleep and do his rehabilitation during the day at healthsouth. i know he just wants to sleep in his own bed and finally get some rest!

the kidney situation is still the same. he is scheduled at an outpatient dialysis clinic for tuesdays, thursdays, and saturdays. his treatments will begin at 5 a.m. and last approximately four hours. poor guy. come on, kidneys!