And with that, Preston no longer has visible cancer in his lungs – hooray!

Dr. Parsons, pearl-loving badass, removed a fairly small (like, maybe a centimeter) cancerous lesion from the left lung yesterday. She only needed to make two very small incisions and got clear margins. Because such a small piece of lung was removed, the chest tube didn’t have to be so high, and Preston has mutant-like healing ability, he is doing very well.

It’s something else to see him joking with the staff and being his usual happy self while still in the hospital. Y’all, he is so strong.

 He should be leaving the hospital tomorrow and will have a nice long break before tackling the liver lesion on May 30th. I wouldn’t be shocked if they actually move that one up – we’re all eager to get past the surgical stage.

As of now, he shouldn’t have to do “mop up” chemo – which is good, because P said he would rather have surgery than have chemo. Which should tell you a lot about chemo.

Thanks for your dinners, well wishes, visits, cards, texts, messages – all of it. Oh, and thanks for  rocking your pearls yesterday! Dr. Parsons thought the whole thing was HILARIOUS but was also really really touched by the gesture. She said today that “will go down in Parsons Surgical History.” 🙂