Under the knife!

As promised a blog from me to update you all on Roger's progress. As you know he had the surgery today and after 7 long nail biting hours I heard from the surgeon. Everything went very well. What a relief to hear those words! He is currently recovering in the ICU and will be asleep until tomorrow morning. I will call the ICU later today and first thing in the morning to get an update on his progress and I intend to visit tomorrow late morning - as early as they will allow access to visitors.

The surgeon was very positive about the procedure. He said it was 'as good as it gets'. He tolerated everything very well. Only hiccup during the procedure was when his blood pressure fell but they managed to restore it without any problems.

He cleaned out all the lymph nodes and sent specimens to the lab for diagnoses. To his naked eye everything looked clean but until he gets the report back from the path lab (in about a week) he cannot be sure. He also mentioned that the margins looked good.

So they will be monitoring him very closely for the next 36 hours and then move him to a regular ward where he will be given food and water via his feeding tube. After about 6 days they will try him out with a little fluid to ensure the join in his throat is tight and if it is he will be allowed to take small amounts of liquid. He anticipates being in hospital for 7 to 10 days. So there you have it. I look forward to a good night's sleep tonight and I will update you all with any relevant information as necessary.

Thank you all for your endless support and good wishes - it has been a source of great comfort for us to know that so many good friends and family have been there for us during this difficult time. We both appreciate this so very much.
Love and best to you all,
Kathy