the specialist....

The doctors have known all along that, for some reason, mom's digestive system has shut down. They just couldn't agree on why and what to do about it.

The specialist who saw her tonight agreed with what the problem is. His opinion of why is, that not enough of the tumor was removed during her first surgery and it has grown again. It has compressed her internal organs, not allowing anything to move through.

I have suspected this all along because mom has been having the same symptoms she had when she was first diagnosed.

His recommendation is surgery to "re-route" things so to speak. He believes if he does a more radical surgery and tries to remove the tumor and repair the damage, mom won't survive. She is much too debilitated at this point.

I was afraid when he told mom this, she would say she'd had enough- but she said "Let's do it." She said she can't go on like she is. She believes if this doesn't help the problem, or if she doesn't make it through the surgery then it is her time to go.

The surgery will be tomorrow sometime.....