Scans reveal significant and unperturbed tumor growth in dad's lungs

When mom called me at work with the news, initially, it sounded like the growth was massive. Turns out that it wasn't all that massive, but the fact that had grown at all was extremely significant.

It meant that in spite of everything dad had endured, the stem cell transplant had failed to produce any results, and excercise in futility. There was still a chance that the transplant might still produce a delayed effect on the cancer, the chance dwindled with every day. Considering all of the damage done to dad's body & everything else he'd have to recover from (even if the cancer did get better), it was pretty grim.