Wiped Out

Today was a rest day (I wasn't very sore today but extremely tired) and a day on the phone with the hospital about upcoming steps. We were told yesterday that we would be meeting with the doctors at Northwestern on Monday. Today there was a change of plans and I spoke with my surgeon about the unexpected results (high pressure in my portal vein) found during yesterday's liver procedure .

There are many different possible causes for the pressure and this needs to be understood better before I have the liver surgery. So next Tuesday I will have a liver biopsy to see if it shows any other problems with my liver (besides the benign tumor that I have). If the biopsy doesn't show anything then there is an additional test that will be done. I don't remember the name of this second possible test but I believe that it is a dye that will be injected into my tumor to see if it's location is causing the unexpected pressure.

My family bought tickets for a big concert tonight at our church but I wasn't up to going. My wife and older daughter went with one of her friends. The main act was Big Daddy Weave and the secondary group was Rush of Fools. I was excited about seeing Rush of Fools since I had seen them earlier this year with Newsboys and they put on a great show. I am sure that it was another good show tonight.