Surgery Today

Today dad had surgery at 9:30 am. This was an attempt to find a way to stop all of the pain dad has been in because of the constant urinary tract infections. They also wanted to check his bladder for cancer as he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer twice in the past.
Surgery went well. They did find an area of the bladder that was discolored and so they took some tissue so they could do a biopsy. They said that his bladder is basically in very bad shape. They found 1.5 liters of liquid still in his bladder despite being emptied. This told them that the bladder is not fully emptying. His prostate was good but they discovered a little "bag" that had formed near the prostate. They said it was caused by a medical procedure but not sure which one. They cut it open thinking it might be part of the problem of not emptying the bladder.
They decided that the best solution to the problem was to put a permanent catheter in. The tube that was put in will need to be replaced once a month. Hopefully insurance will approve a home health care nurse to come and do that otherwise, dad will have to go the hospital or Dr office to have it replaced.
Dad was released in the early afternoon and when I talked to him around 4:15, they were at Macaroni Grill having an early dinner. Dad said he was in quite a bit of pain but after they were done eating was just going to go home and fill himself with pain meds.
Dad was scheduled to have chemo yesterday but they decided that this surgery was more important so they moved the chemo appt to tomorrow.
That's the latest.