Thursday, November 13, 2008

Update on Patrick's Foot

A little background -
9 Years ago Patrick started having pain in his foot for no reason. Any touching of his foot sent him into agonizing pain. But he hates doctors and the doctors couldn't find anything anyway.
About 2 months ago his foot started swelling and hurting more than usual so i finally got to drag him into the doctor.
After 3 doctors we finally ended up at a specialist since nothing showed up on Xrays or Bloodwork and he ended up getting 2 MRIs. The second one being with dyes to show contrast.
They discovered he had 2 tumor masses in his foot.
A few weeks ago they did a biopsy on it and confirmed that it is benign. But the doctor refused to operate on it. Due to it's size and it's consistency. And the fact that he could "live with it" so we said he Couldn't live with it. And they gave us a new doctor to see at UCI. His doctor appointment with the new doctor is Monday Nov 17th. So hopefully I'll be able to give more updates then.