I’ve received many communiqués from those wondering about my father and the dangerous tumors in his head.

He is scheduled for surgery this Thursday morning.  That means I will be out of town for an undetermined period of time beginning Wednesday night.  I don’t know how long since it all depends on that which cannot be predicted.

As for his prognosis, the surgery is the biggest hurdle.  The greatest threat to his life outside of not removing the tumors happens to be the surgery itself.  There are other health issues that make going under the knife a very real threat.

All of the doctors agree, however, assuming he gets through the operation without major problems and the doctors successfully remove all of the offending tissue, that the odds are good he will recover quickly and will suffer no cataclysmic complications.

But there are a lot of assumptions there.