Surgery

Surgery went well. It got off to a late start, and therefore didn't finish until late. It's just after midnight and I've been home for about 20 minutes.

Doctor Boente met with us while mom was in recovery. He said that he thinks they got all the tumors. He said he removed a tumor about "this" big and held his hands about 18 inches apart. On the way home, my kids started saying a tumor that size would be about the size of Ernie (one of our cats). And so, now we are calling Ernie "Tumor" and we are talking about mom's tumor as the Ernie sized tumor.

Mom was back in her room when I left tonight. She said she felt okay, although a bit worn out from the days events. Her throat hurt, she was coughing a bit, and she was tired. But she was really happy to see us, and she cried when we told her that the doctor got all of it.

We expect that she will be in the hospital for about 4 days, then she'll be resting at home for a few weeks before starting chemo.

As a side note... Mayo called today to schedule an appointment for an evaluation for Mom. They were looking at date near the end of next week. And the machine keeps running.