This is encouraging news, actually. Dr. Anamur, the oncologist, and Dr. Johnson, the spinal surgeon, have concurred that David would benefit from more Kyphoplasty. From what I understand, Kyphoplasty is a 'mending' of fractures with some type of plastic substance that goes in as a liquid and hardens. Please look it up on-line and feel free to edit this post if you find that another explanation is more efficient. Since they have ruled out other reasons why he is in so much pain, they feel that the compression fractures in his spine must be the culprit and they feel that he is strong enough to undergo this type of treatment. Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, at which time they will attempt to repair 3 of the 6 fractured vertebrae. The plan is to repeat this procedure on Sunday to repair the other 3. They are hoping that this will get his pain under control so that he can focus on getting stronger.
To those of you who joined me in the "HOPE" club today, thanks, this is what we were hoping for.
Till the next update. Stay warm, snuggle often, and keep a happy thought!!
Marilyn
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