August 25, 2014

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Dad had an appointment in Calgary today and he and Mom went up to the Foothills Hospital by ambulance all the way from the Raymond Hospital; it was a three hour journey each way, as the hospital was way in the north end of Calgary.

The appointment was with a Dr. Ruther, an oncologist in Calgary at Cancer Centre. It turns out that the main tumor is in the right adrenal gland and it metastasized to the liver and lung. 

 Obviously, there is no medical cure, but it could possibly be controlled. It is a rare cancer, however, and treatment for this cancer seems to be more available in Calgary than in Lethbridge. I am very curious to see how this will be handled when winter comes, as winters here are usually very bad.

 Dad's next appointment, as far as we know, is on September 29th.

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