Day 1

Today, after "dangling" (as the nurses call it)  he got up and walked 2 laps around the hall!  The surgeon came in and told us that the portion of small bowel that was removed was only 6 inches!  Because it was so tightly concentrated in that small area, that was all that needed to be removed.  The other area of tumor growth is not something that can simply be cut out.  So our focus needs to stay on getting Fred healed so he is strong enough to fight! He worked on that by taking another walk before bed, doing one lap around the hall. :)