Final update of the day

Dr. Iskandar said that he was much more aggressive this time and he hopes that he did not do any damage.  (Which I absolutely know his intent is always to aid Ellie and not hurt her.)  The cysts that were growing at such a rapid rate were easily removed with the tumor and he is hopeful that with the tumor gone, the cysts will not come back (or at least as quickly as they were before.)  He left some kind of marker in Ellie's brain (I keep imagining like a toothpick or a paper clip which seems weird.)  He was not sure if the tumor in the area could be removed or not so he wanted to mark it for the MRI.  (Oh, btw Ellie is right now having an MRI).  If it looks like the tumor can be safely removed in this area according to the MRI, he will go back in on Friday and do so.