Surgery Day

8:00am Geri went for surgery about ten minutes ago. We arrived here at 5:30am (no traffic and choice of parking spot at that time of the morning) and waited in pre-op, where they ask all the same questions they asked in per-op registration last Thursday. Surgery will take about two plus hours.

Update: 11:00pm
Everything went well. The surgeon removed the tumor and surrounding tissue with no problems. The mass will be sent to the lab for analysis but he felt he got good clear margins. The siatic nerve was undamaged. He had to remove some muscle and hamstrings but it should not be a problem. Geri is in recovery now and will be moved to a room shortly. Will post more later.

3:15pm Geri is feeling pretty good and is eating a little late lunch. The surgeon said she will not need to have a brace to keep her leg straight, about which she is pleased. She is on IV fluids and a morphine on-demand pump, about which she is very pleased.

Gladys, Rhoda, Marvin, Michael and Syd were here for moral support this morning and Syd is doing the night shift tonight. The Physiotherapist has just arrived to do some baseline tests and has even had Geri standing up and walking to the door and back, hauling the IV pole, the catheter bag and wound drain behind her. She didn't even use the walker. After all that exercise she is feeling a little tired so is now planning to have a morphine cocktail and a nap
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Thank you all for your good wishes and support. The day has gone even better than we had expected and hope they continue so.