Update

Mom just called and said the surgery will be tomorrow at 2 pm. It will be at least a five hour process, so no news will be known until at least 8 pm. I'm in charge of calling Canada and Tennessee.

From what Mom understood, they will be decompressing the T-6 and T- 7. The doctors do not see any reason to fuse these together from all the tests that have been ran thus far. Mom also said that the mass did seem to be a little smaller, according to the MRI (I think). So, after Dad is healed up, they'll probably give him another round of radiation.

She said a lot more, and seemed quite pleased with answers that were recieved today. So, everyone keep your fingers crossed and we'll fill you in tomorrow.