What a long day. We did get a good visit from the oncologist. Tomorrow Neal is getting a partial nephrectomy. They will go back through the transplant incision. This is very rare, but the doctors believe everything will go smoothly. They do not believe they will have to disconnect the kidney. The cyst is in the perfect location on the edge away from the blood source and bladder, therefore it should have no impact. About 5% of the kidney will be removed. The kidney is not anticipated to be impacted and should be working immediately.

Ryan and Leslie were able to meet with the oncologist. We were all relieved that he was an excellent, compassionate doctor, which is hard to find. They will be running some further tests on Ryan to be sure the cancer did not spread, however they do not anticipate finding anything. The cancer is extremely slow moving, therefore the treatment would be to simply remove the cyst. In a normal case, the removal would be the cure. No radiation or chemo is necessary. So Ryan is cancer free. Ryan's other kidney did not show any signs of cancer. They will do a repeat scan to ensure this is still the case and he will be monitored going forward.

The doctors are confident both men will be home and healthy shortly. A long day, but perhaps a gift was given between two best friends. One will return to a normal life with a healthy kidney and the other will be cancer free.