Entry for January 03, 2008
My brother Jim Jr, sister Donna, mom Carole and I met with Dr Choti last night. He went over everything with us and explained our options in more detail. Dad was really weak and was actually going through one of his chills spells which my mom has been telling doctors about for months and noone has really listened. So now, Dr Choti walked in and saw dad in this state and finally decided to do a work up on this condition. He has chills for about an hour or two, then he spikes with a fever for about an hour. Really wears him out. At that point my dad wanted to have the stent put in instead of going through surgery because he was in a weakened state, but our family conversed and decided the surgery was a better option and the doctor felt dad was ok to handle it. The stent perhaps would only last a few months, where the surgery would be permanent. It would also allow the Dr. to see what the mass is that is blocking the stomach. Upon making that decision, we made an appointment to have the surgery Friday morning
