Ox Fall Down

Matchday 25: only one field accessed today. Ron and Phil joke about Taxi Driver.

Santana>Santana, Semisonic and the Who.

Across the street and down to the cafeteria. Pizza. Elevator to the 6th floor. Dr. Yoon won't be in for a half hour. Back down the elevator. Buy yogurt and juice. Up again to the 6th floor. Dr. Yoon is in. Sit down in a former shower stall converted into an exam room. Your knees almost touch his. Eat yogurt while he draws your aorta and tributaries on the exam table paper.

What you learn:

The superior mesenteric artery is irreplaceable. Surgeons don't mess with the sma.

Your tumor is not touching the sma.

Your tumor wraps the celiac axis like swiss cheese. You knew this but not that Dr. Yoon will resect it completely. He will, if asked.

The celiac axis is comprised of the splenic artery, left gastric artery and proper hepatic artery.

The proper hepatic artery supplies the liver with 25% of its blood requirements.

The surgery would involve bringing in Dr. Cambria to reconstruct the vasculature.

You could opt for intra-operative radiation. It would be simpler and shorter.

Resection though longer and with greater risks should manage the diease better. You'd get more time off afterwards.

This morning Lucy and Nick Brown taught you that 07:45 is not too early to dance to The Flaming Lips or play with your submarine. This is empirical knowledge. The hospital stuff was just a lecture.