Still on for today.

Mark is scheduled to arrive at at the GI lab at the hospital at 1:00 pm today. Our appointment yesterday confirmed that he will have an endoscopic ultrasound and a needle biopsy. Mark will be asleep and a scope will be placed down his throat with an ultrasound probe on it. This allows them to get very close to the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, stomach and lymph nodes from the inside. This is in an effort to better visual the tumor and evaluate its operability. Also, the doctor will be able to visualize and get samples of a lymph node in close proximity that is being monitored. There is a possibility of having some results today, but we are not holding our breath! Some test results may take longer. The procedure may take about 45 min. Our time at the hospital is said to be 4 hours. We will see??!!

I actually do have some video, or at least audio of Mark's first self taught lesson. Working to get it on here, but not certain I am that computer literate!