No prob, Graeme...just don't expect too detailed a report, most of what the doctors say is in Latin and waaaay over my head! He had one kidney removed back in February, the main tumor mass was growing in it. They decided not to do radiation on the rest of the cancer (reason I was given at the time was that there just wasn't enough to worry about radiation....apparently, it was too widespread to worry about radiation), but put him on some medications. One of which was "Sutent". One of the side-effects is adverse kidney reactions. Three weeks ago, he was re-admitted into the hospital over the weekend (before MothersDay) for kidney failure. When he was admitted, his remaining kidney was functioning at 10%. While they were discussing options, it dropped to 4%. They hooked up the dialysis machine immediately. My wife and I drove down over MothersDay weekend, and they seemed optimistic that they'd "caught it in time". Once again, they were either misinformed (probably not) or trying to protect their kids (which brings up a whole 'nuther set of gripes which would need a lot of time and a leather sofa to lay on while venting). I got the phone call yesterday evening from Dad himself. And that's all I know about what's going on.