[Oe List ...] George Holcombe at Home Recovering from Pancreatic Cancer Surgery

[Doris Hahn via OE]

Thanks for the message, Wanda. And our best wishes for George and the whole
medical team! I read this message last night just before going to bed.
Then, sometime later I dreamed I was helping set up a CS-1 course in
Austin--😉
Peace, Doris Hahn

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Wanda Holcombe via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> The Holcombe Family invites you to celebrate George’s becoming part of the
> 1% .......whose Pancreatic Cancer was found early at stage 2 by our Asian
> Primary Care Doctor Sheila Shung who found it by requesting a CTC scan one
> day, an MRI the next day, and setting up an appointment the next day with
> surgeon, Dr Declan Fleming of Texas Oncology who performed the Laparoscopic
> Surgery to remove 1/2 of his Pancreas where the cancerous Tumor was located
> along with his Spleen, a few Lymph Nodes and blood vessels at the new Dell
> Seaton UT Medical Center Hospital in downtown Austin (new Medical School
> that opened in May) on Friday, September 8th, He received exceptional care
> from all the Hospital staff (and medical students too). Plus our day to day
> care from our wonderful daughter Sarai (our very own family Nurse). George
> is home now, and on a recovery plan for the next 2 to 3 months.
> ....encouraged by the good news the day he left the hospital this week that
> the biopsies taken confirmed the cancer had not spread to other parts of
> his body. The next steps will be to watch closely for signs of it
> returning, but no Chemo or radiation recommended. We were also able to be
> home in time to celebrate the life of our son Chris who died from stage 4
> Prostate Cancer two years ago on September 13, 2015.
>
> Chris’ Memorial swing and tree with first year fall colors and growing
> tall and green by spring of year two.
>
> Chris’ Art piece - Memory Box “All is Good” by artist Glenda Adkinson,
> EI/ICA Austin colleague. Art piece “Let’s Celebrate” by artist May Lin,
> from Singapore.
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