Post Surgery

My apologies for not updating the blog yesterday, but it was an extremely long and exhausting day.

I'm so pleased to report that David's surgery went as expected. The surgical team removed the growth in level 2 of his lymph nodes as well as a small growth in level 3 (did you know that there are 5 levels of lymph nodes in your neck). They also removed some of the muscle in his neck - the muscle that assists you in raising your arm from shoulder height to above your neck. This was done to create an area of margin. It should not prevent David from waving his arms about in the future.

David is not in any pain and in fact, turned down the pain medication they offered him. He has 2 small tubes draining blood and fluid from his neck. It's a little gross.

(a picture of David and his incision was to be inserted here but blogger is not letting me upload)

We should have results of the pathology report next week. Dr. Irish's office has kept Dr. O'Sullivan apprised of David's situation and we expect to meet with Dr. O'Sullivan in the next couple of weeks to discuss radiation therapy.

David will be discharged in a couple of days - Sunday or Monday. He is up for visitors. It would greatly help fill his days if you could pop in to say hello. He's staying in the Robert McEwen building of TGH which is located in the west wing(University entrance). You'll find David on the 6th floor (6B) in room 158. He has a lovely view of the Delta Chelsea Hotel. Not to be missed.

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and well wishes. We're so lucky to have such many amazing people in our life.