Today's surgery went well, lasted all of 30 minutes. The surgeon removed the one tumor and said the bladder looked really good. He put a stint in the left kidney ureter to keep it open--the tumor was very close and a buildup of scar tissue could block it. That will come out in a few weeks. In the meantime it can cause quite a bit of discomfort. We had the good news just before surgery. The pathologist at UCSF who reviewed the slides and report of high grade tumor from last month disagreed and classed it as low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma. We all like that so much better! After the bladder has healed, Bill will have another 6-week round of BCG treatments without the interferon. That allows for a higher BCG dosage and the interferon can make one really sick. He had no reaction from the first BCG round last August/September. As Bill said this morning, maybe we are grasping for straws but we just might get to keep that damn bladder after all!