[mrnoodle]

Thank you Jesus.

They took out the tumor and about a foot or 2 of colon, and are optimistic that there was no spreading. They'll physically look at the lymph nodes microscopically to find out if any cancer made it there. However, the pathologist was at the operation and did a little onsite slice-and-dice of the tumor as they closed up my dad -- he said that to the naked eye, there wasn't any evidence that the cancer had invaded the sheet of muscle tissue outside the colon. It's got to go through the sheet to get to the blood vessels that are around the lymph nodes (or something).

Hopefully we're just looking at a surgery recovery, the same as if it had been a benign polyp.

One of the best things ever was looking at my dad after the surgery and not seeing the cancer in his eyes. Anyone who has seen a cancer patient knows what I'm talking about.

Thanks again for the continued good wishes and prayers