We finally got called back at 1 o’clock. We sat there discussing everything from iron pills to asparagus for about the first 15 minutes! Finally the doctor said “you haven’t got the CT scan yet?” We told him that Gator had it done the day before so he checked the computer again. It said they were still waiting on the patient! I told the doctor I had been sitting there thinking he was pretty cold for making us sit there and wait for the results! Dr. Grim called radiology and got he results over the phone. When he got off the phone he said that not much had changed since the last CT scan. He said that there is a little swelling in the lung but that is normal and is caused by the radiation Gator received in October. He said it usually takes months to show up. He thinks that the spot on Gators lung that we thought was where he aspirated the Gatorade after the vocal chord surgery is actually pneumonitis which is common when a person gets radiation. So what they thought was aspirated liquid, pneumonia, or bronchitis they now say may be a side affect from the radiation! He also said that there are two lymph nodes located in the mediastynum that are swollen. He said this could be a result of Gator being sick for the past month and a half, or the radiation, or it could be the cancer.
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