What about that liver??

You all may want to take a look back to the "And Megan Says" post to refresh your memory about where we stand at this point. I had my liver biopsy and finally got to meet the liver surgeon. Man, we were all so nervous and this time it was just me, my mom, and Angie.
Oh, before I tell you about the liver surgeon....I totally forgot to mention something very important. Do you all remember me telling you how BIG of a DEAL I AM? Yeah? Well, I am not kidding, I really think I am. :) So much so, that after telling most of my doctor's and nurses this big deal story, my sister comes up with a brilliant idea. Since we all keep the medical staff guessing which person is the patient when they walk in the room to 16 people, we started saying "not it" "not it" etc....until the eyes all got to me. I raise one finger and simply say, "it." I'm not even joking, this is a game the whole family can play in the doctor's office. I love the looks on people's faces. Anyway, my sister decided to make t-shirts for all of us and guess what they say? On every one's front it says, "NOT IT" (except for mine, it says "IT") and on the back they say "Team Steph: She a pretty big deal" (On mine it says "I am the pretty big deal) and than has the lung cancer ribbon. We have worn those every where we go, we get a lot of funny looks and funny questions. My dad, nephew and I were walking in Rochester with our shirts, I bet a handful of people said to us "not it!" Than they finally say, well who is it? I never really answer on the street, I think it's kind of funny to watch people wonder.

Anyway back to the liver surgeon. She had it easy with just us three. I was nervous, my legs were shaking, my heart was racing, seems to be the same symptoms every time I've walked into a doctor's office that awful day. The lung surgeon, her name was Dr. Lombardo....pretty close to Lombardi, so I knew she had to be cool. She came in and had a look of shock in her eyes at how young I look. That's a surprise!(Insert sarcasm here) She looks over my goods, pulls up all the scans, talks to me a little bit and than gets on the phone. She didn't have my biopsy results in her hands yet, but within a few minutes the strenuous, secret, and scary answers was folded up in the nurses hand. She had just delivered my fate. Was that spot on my liver cancer or not? For the 3rd time?? She was still on the phone, read that piece of paper and immediately looked over at me with the widest eyes. She showed me what that paper said, I was thinking I should be a little hopeful, but I didn't know what those 3 words said because I am not a doctor. They were big, long, and confusing words. I must have looked at her completely scared and clueless because she wrote on there for me NORMAL LIVER TISSUE!!! So, that meant no cancer? Obviously my mom knew what those words were because she jumped out of her chair and threw her arms around me and started crying in celebration. I was still so confused!
Dr. Lombardo finally hung up the phone looked at me with the same confusion I had in my eyes, I am pretty sure. She was happy about what that piece of paper said, but wasn't happy about the spot lighting up "VERY" active on that PT scan. She did tell us not to get too excited or too hopeful, but to pray because this could be a good thing. She also said that she needs to do some talking with the rest of the team. We all knew what that meant, no immediate answers and out we went.
On this drive back home, Angie and I were both trying to decide how high are hopes should get while my mom's hopes were sky high. A little into the drive we come across Diamond Jo's Casino. We usually stop here for a pee break and when we do, we drive right past Diamond Jo's and say maybe next time!
A couple of days later, I get a phone call. Who ever was on the other end told me that the team has gathered and discussed how awesome I am. This discussion went a little something like this: So the team has met, reviewed all of your tests and scans. The team feels that a tumor oblation would be the best way to approach the spot on your liver. We will schedule this procedure a couple of weeks after your lung surgery. How does this sound you? This is where I said....Uh What???? I don't know what the tumor ovulation means. I stand corrected, the nice man on the other side said, I am sorry that's tumor OBLATION where we will get into the spots on your liver and burn them until they disappear. O, thank you for clarifying. Sounds fun! Ok, so there it is. I got the plan to have my lung tumor removed on August 28 and September 13 I am going under again for the liver. Whoooo hoooo. Answers!