Well, my dad had his surgery yesterday (as my uncle said, although it was election day, my dad was certainly going through something he hadn't elected for!), and as far as we know, things went well. In order to see if the merkel cell had spread to the lymphnodes, he started out his day in nuclear medicine where they shot radioactive dye into his leg, which in effect highlighted where it has traveled to. The surgeon, upon finding it had moved to the groin, took one lymphnode out, and within the week we will hear back to see whether or not the cancer has spread from his calf. Fingers crossed, it hasn't!
As the saying goes, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," and there is probably no other phrase in the world that I feel can truly sum up the past four and a half years of my life. I can only hope I'd be able to put on as brave of a face as my dad put on yesterday if I am ever faced with such a situation. While he was scared to both go through this serious surgery, and to hear the results upon waking up, he never once let his fear show.
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