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Surgery
So Daddy had his surgery today.
Went in around 7ish this morning, he was content, not too worried.
Didn't have any whitecoat syndrom, his blood pressure was lower than normal.
I downloaded all his favorite cds to my Ipod so he was in his happy place.
Uncle D & Aunt T showed up...love that Aunt T works at the hospital; we all felt more at ease.
Dad went back around 10ish, we went into waiting.
Surgery began around 10:50 & perfect Dad, he asked to not be sedated until he got into the OR...he wanted to see the robot that was performing surgery on him :)
The operation was complicated. The Doc said it was definitely an expert level surgery & had he done this surgery as one of his first 100, it would have lasted 5 hours easy; it lasted only about 2. He lost about 75 ccs of blood, the prostate was HUGE...even larger than the doc expected, apple compared to a walnut. Had some issues with mesh from past hernia surgery & lots of little struggles but it all came through. The Doc said all his functions should be alright & he should be able to go home tomorrow :) Let's HOPE!!
Also, Doc said the cancer is slow-spreading, so we just have to maintain the PSA tests to check the antigen levels. If they elevate, they'll have to probably do radiation...but that's IF.
So far so good.
Keep Daddy in your thoughts.
Drink a beer, listen to some Jimmy Buffett...it's 5 o'clock somewhere!!!
Went in around 7ish this morning, he was content, not too worried.
Didn't have any whitecoat syndrom, his blood pressure was lower than normal.
I downloaded all his favorite cds to my Ipod so he was in his happy place.
Uncle D & Aunt T showed up...love that Aunt T works at the hospital; we all felt more at ease.
Dad went back around 10ish, we went into waiting.
Surgery began around 10:50 & perfect Dad, he asked to not be sedated until he got into the OR...he wanted to see the robot that was performing surgery on him :)
The operation was complicated. The Doc said it was definitely an expert level surgery & had he done this surgery as one of his first 100, it would have lasted 5 hours easy; it lasted only about 2. He lost about 75 ccs of blood, the prostate was HUGE...even larger than the doc expected, apple compared to a walnut. Had some issues with mesh from past hernia surgery & lots of little struggles but it all came through. The Doc said all his functions should be alright & he should be able to go home tomorrow :) Let's HOPE!!
Also, Doc said the cancer is slow-spreading, so we just have to maintain the PSA tests to check the antigen levels. If they elevate, they'll have to probably do radiation...but that's IF.
So far so good.
Keep Daddy in your thoughts.
Drink a beer, listen to some Jimmy Buffett...it's 5 o'clock somewhere!!!
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