Kathleen continues to amaze me. It was a sleepless night and an extremely early morning - up at 4:30am, check in at 5:30am at the hospital, and a whirl wind of nurses, doctors, anesthesiologists, and others checking her, putting in IV's, making her put on highly fashionable hospital gowns, etc. (side note: keep an eye on the runways in Paris next week, I hear Iowa Hospital garb will be the hit of the fashion show). Despite all of this, Kathleen was composed and as thoughtful as always.
She is now off to surgery and I am making camp in the waiting area. They will provide updates about every 3 hours. Right now anesthesiology (Dr. Scamman) is doing their stuff and surgery will start about 9am and is not expected to end until nearly 5pm. Dr. Wooson will perform the initial procedure to get access to the tumor (which should take most of the morning) and then Dr. Ganz will take over to remove the tumor. They will have various nerve monitors hooked up to ensure they are not getting too close to other nerves.
More to come when I know more. ---Mark
We have had family and friends praying every day for Kathleen and the entire family since we found out so we have numbers on our side! We hope you all can feel our support from TN!
ReplyDeleteSending our love and support to you and Kathleen. You will be in our thoughts all day and we will keep the prayers and positive energy flowing. Hugs and Kisses!!!
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