Torchie
I visited him on Friday (yesterday), and he is failing fairly rapidly. The tumor is in his head (not as he reported) and in the frontal lobe. It is encapsulated with blood vessels, so the neuro surgeon said it was inoperable. Initially, when he first reported this in this thread, he was experiencing issues with his balance; was getting confused and forgetting what he was trying to say; and having dexterity issues in his hands.
Some of the "Doctors" wanted to do a biopsy to determine if the tumor was "C", but his neuro surgeon said that doing a biopsy could do more damage to his condition then he currently was experiencing.
So...he is home in a hospital bed with hospice visiting frequently. His speech is quiet and difficult to hear (I am pretty deaf!), and it appears that he is speaking more from the left side of his mouth, which I am sure is due to tumor growth.
He said that he was going to check out this site, but I doubt if he is capable of doing it, as well as being able to communicate in written text.
Having said all this, he seemed to appreciate all the concern expressed by all of you fine folks.
He wants me to list the Dodge-ski (what we called Dodges as kids 'cause they were built in Hamtramck, Michigan, which was almost all Polish back then).
That is all for now.
