Today Massimo went to theatre for his MLB (bronchoscopy) at 1.30 pm. The tracheal team at GOS had a good look around and decided that a slightly bigger tube (4.5) would help improve his breathing. Other than that they felt that the tumour is rock hard which hopefully means it has been “killed”. There is no prediction as yet to the degree of damage that will have happened in the area where the tumour is – this includes his voice box and the back of his tongue – nor whether the tumour is bigger or smaller than it was at the end of the last cycle of chemo as this is the first time these particular surgeons have had a look. We hope that an MRI scan might give us a few more clues and this is booked for the 29th January, although Massimo is down for a cancellation if one comes up whilst we are there.
On the up side, they will be trying him off CPAP as soon as he wakes up (other than a brief wake up post-op he has been sleeping soundly since this afternoon!). Tomorrow morning they will be starting chemo cycle number 3, after a quick x-ray to double-check the hickman line positioning.
If I remember the camera tomorrow I will try to post a few smiles for you.