Okay, so the surgery went well. We just talked with the neurosurgeon. They took a large piece of his right temporal lobe out, and the early indication was that there was no visual evidence of high grade tumor. The surgeon said he's keeping his fingers crossed that it shows that way on pathology as well, but it "appears" to be primarily necrosis.
He left plenty of room in there to allow for further swelling so that shouldn't be a problem moving forward. Dad was just starting to wake up, and was moving both arms and legs, so that was a good sign. He should be rolling up into his ICU bed in an hour or two.
Once again, we're cautiously optimistic at the early reports about the surgeon not seeing any high grade tumor. We're waiting officially for pathology, though, that should come in over the next few days as they look at all possible areas of the sample they took out.
More after we see Dad in his room.
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Those all sound like GREAT signs! We'll be anxious to hear from you again after recovery. Go buy that priest another beer! :)
Mike & Jodi
So glad to hear the surgery was a success and anxious for the final report! Give Butch a hi five for us and try to catch some shut eye yourselves...you must be beyond exhaustion. Mary your communications skills are beyond 5 stars...you're an angel to all of us :-)
XOXO
The de Redons
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