Update: Larry - October 20th


Update on Larry: 


Yesterday, he went for the Prostate MRI and then went to the Bruno Cancer Center. It was a nightmare for him! He has just started walking without the walker, but his left foot and leg is still swollen almost twice its normal size and is still occasionally seeping the yellow fluid from the incisions. 


There was a delay in the MRI because they had to find out for sure if his stents used to block the leg aneurysms were metal or not. The MRI machine at St. Vincent’s is double the strength of the one used in Montgomery. The stents are metal, but they worked it out to use it. After a failed attempt to put in his IV, they finally got started on the hour long test. 


He then was an hour late for his Radiation Mapping appointment at the Bruno Cancer Center. They first did a CT scan and after an hour+ decided they could not do the mapping and make the body cast mold yesterday. There was a huge pocket of air in the Prostate area; therefore, they had to postpone unti Thursday morning. 


There was no wheelchair available for him (believe because of COVID) at St. Vincent’s so he had to walk all over the hospital...and he was in no condition for that. To add to the misery, the Bruno Cancer Center sent Larry to St. Vincent’s Main for his MRI...got there only to find out that the MRI was actually going to be done at the Imaging Center in the North Tower. 


By last night, he was completely whipped! His right leg and hip was hurting...plus his left leg and both feet. He slept a couple hours last night, but then was awake almost every hour for the rest of the night. The pain he is in hinders him from sleeping...even with a pain pill and Tylenol PM. 


We are praying that all will be ok with him Thursday morning so the mapping and body cast mold can be made. 


Very excited that he received a call today from the Cancer Center stating that his MRI came back showing that his cancer has NOT spread and that it is contained in the Prostate. Thank You Jesus! 🙌🏻


#Godisleading

#prayersforhealing

#Jesusistheanswer 



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