frank and I both thank everyone for their kind words. We went to dana farber yesterday, and now the word is paliative........tumor is inoperable, looks like chemo, unless they can pinpoint more rad. we wait til sept 10th for pet, cat, etc......unfortunately, it`s the only way to know it`s ca, to deep to biopsy, so we have to check to see if it`s still growing. So, I guess it`s one precious day at a time now.......please keep us in your prayers..........Dee