Tennis and Cancer

So before she went into surgery, my mom wanted the Anesthesiologist to know that she needed to be awake enough for the opening of the NFL games tonight...."It's New Orleans against the Vikings you know, the Superbowl showdown. Brett Farve is back, even though he's kind of in bad shape.....injury wise." The doctor smiled and shook his head. She then instructed me to watch the Tennis matches today so I could tell her all about it.

When she woke up, I had to tell her about Tennis.....and Cancer. They found a tumor, Transitional Cell Carcinoma. It was obstructing a large part of her kidney, hence the pain. They placed a shunt to bypass the blockage. That should relieve the pain for now. They need to remove your kidney and run additional tests to see if it's spread.

You know what she said? "Are you ok?"