The Neurosurgeon and Nurse Practitioner were to see Dad. The neurosurgeon's wife is from the Philippines, so Dad had a good time expressing his love of many years for the people of the Philippines, and the country. He reviewed his time there as a tail-gunner of a B-24 bomber in WWII, then returning as a missionary in 1951 and working in country in the work of the gospel and establishing new churches/assemblies with his wife Mary Lou, and there with his family for 25 years.
The Neurosurgeon said the tumor on the right side of the brain is the size of a golfball. The swelling is currently interfering with his left arm function (steroids temporarily to be alleviating that), and per the Dr. without some kind of intervention Dad has 3 weeks to 3 months to live (course no-one on earth knows for sure). The neurosurgeon feels there is a good probability the tumor is the result of Dad's Prostate Cancer of 5 years ago.
Dad is comfortable with the surgery option which carries normal risks associated with such surgery, as well as probably decreased left arm and hand function (which will require physical therapy), but is better than the alternative. He is comfortable with the idea of going to heaven, and with with the surgery option as well. He is saying "my work is not yet done".
