His piece of mind, is our peace of mind. The Anesthesiologist came out to tell us that the surgery was finished, he's all put back together (minus one piece of ugly tumor) and is in the recovery room. He did so well that they were able to take his breathing tube out and he will be a little more responsive then we originally thought, though still pretty groggy for the next day or so.
A few minutes later the Resident for Dr. Spetzler came out to tell us that the surgery went really well and they don't anticipate any complications to arise during this immediate recovery time. He still has his spinal tap to drain the fluid off the brain for the next couple of days to help prevent additional swelling.
Dad will spend about 45 minutes in "recovery" before being moved to the ICU. Once he's there and settled, they will start allowing us to visit him one or two people at a time. We are estimating about an hour and a half or so before we'll get to see him.
We have not seen Dr. Spetzler post-surgery yet, but he (and his entourage) is supposed to come out and talk with us at some point, which is a rare experience, to give us the details of the surgery.
Stay tuned...
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