Potential Surgery

We met with Dr. Fuller the surgical oncologist today. The best option right now is to have a liver resection where they would take 60 percent of my liver and remove the tumor. Unfortunately, the tumor is nestled in a bad location and Dr. Fuller can not be 100 percent sure he can get of all it without damaging both main bile ducts. One of the two must stay intact to survive. He is going to consult with another surgical oncologist, Dr. Fleming, that specializes in livers and decide if they will move forward. I am scheduled for surgery next Thursday assuming Dr. Fleming gives it a green light. The plan would be for them to first look laproscopically and see if all the disease can be removed. If it looks good they will continue with the resection.
We are praying really hard that they can do the resection. It will be a hard recovery, but even with removing 60 percent of the liver, it should regenerate in 6-8 weeks!