Jordon went into surgery right on time this morning and it took about 3 hours. The tumor was expected to be about 2.7cm but ended up being about 4cm x 3.5cm. (about the size of a golf ball) So it was either larger than expected from the scan or it had grown since the January CT. Due to this, they decided to not only remove the lymph nodes on the right side but the left side nodes as well. They also removed his appendix while they were already in there. If he were to end up needing an appendectomy later in life it would be a more difficult surgery due to scar tissue from this surgery so they thought they would save him the hassle later.

He opted for the epidural for pain control so at the moment he is feeling much better. He was pretty uncomfortable after surgery. He is in the PICU for the next few days or until he is a little more stable. He had very little blood loss during surgery and did well but since he has the epidural, a catheter and an NG tube they wanted him in ICU.

They sent a frozen section of the tumor while in surgery and it did come back as live tumor/ cancer. We won't know if has spread any further until pathology comes back in a few days. The surgeon spoke with oncologist this morning and he did not want to put the port in after all because they are talking about doing radiation instead of chemotherapy. We really don't know much more than that as far as treatment but we will be sure to keep everyone posted.

Thanks again for all the support and prayers. He is a lucky young man to have so many that love him.