Brody is out of surgery

Brody is doing good.  He is out of surgery and will soon be transferred to the ICU.  He is on a vent right now but expect it will be pulled tonight or tomorrow.  He also has a nasogastric tube and had lost a lot of blood toward the end of his 6 hour surgery.  He received 600cc of blood (a lot for a little guy).  They were able to grossly resect the tumor (think they got all the tumor out but were not able to remove a margin around the tumor).  The tumor was in a very difficult place to remove.  His ureter, vans deferen, pelvic veins and arteries were all intimately involved with the tumor (tis the reason they could not cut a safety margin of tissue around the tumor).  As they were removing the tumor they observed Brody's left leg twitching so these nerves (and likely others that control bowel and urination for example may be involved).  It is possible Brody may have incontinence issues due to inflammed nerves from the surgery which if it does happen will hopefully resolve with time.  His left leg may also be weaker if those nervea were affected.  The surgeon placed metal clips around the area the tumor was in to mark clearly for the radiation oncologist where the tumor was when he starts radiation therapy.  After Brody heals from the surgery he will undergo 6 weeks of radiation therapy along with the chemo.  And then another 15 weeks of chemo after that before he is finally finished. 

We should be able to see Brody in a few minutes.  Will send more updates later.