The diagnosis is lymphoma carcinoma. We had appointment with Dr. Coughlin today. His PA met us at the door and said there was no need for us to be there. Dr. Coughlin looked at all Ace's records and found that the kind and scope of lymphoma Ace has should be treated with chemo, not surgery. Since Dr. Coughlin is a surgeon, he referred us to another Doctor who is lymphoma specialist. We have appointment 9:30 Monday Morning with Dr. Tarantolo. In the meantime Dr. Coughlin called the new doctor and had him prescribe steroids to take the swelling down. Perhaps the steroids will help him sleep, even though he is not to lay flat. He's been sleeping in a recliner. I have a call in to Dr. Whalen to request oxygen, since that really helped Ace when he had his episode in Des Moines and the episode he had here 2 days ago. We were hoping for surgery, it didn't happen.
Ace has a good attitude. He made jokes on the way home saying, maybe he and Darby can get group rates and they can compare "ports" Brian Acebedo suggested they install a USB Port at well. He also said he wanted better looking nurses than Darby.
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