All is Well

Surgery went well! I said good bye to the patient at 8:30 this morning as they took him into OR.  A surgical nurse called me with updates every two hours, which was so nice. I ran back to our hotel to meet Leslie, who had driven down this morning.   Nephew James and his wife Kelsie popped in to say hi.  Leslie and I tootled around University Village; it was great to see the sun!   After we were back at UW we didn't wait in the surgical waiting room very long and here came Dr. Hillel, around 2:15.  Everything went well; surgery didn't last as long as they had expected.  Dr. was very pleased.

The anesthesiologist  called a bit later from the recovery room and said she had a patient who was giving her a thumbs up!! And, Les was NOT on a ventilator!!  Praise The Lord!!  She said he will probably need one tonight since he will be so tired, but so far so good.  My parents hooked up with Leslie and I about this time, and we PATIENTLY waited to see Les in his ICU room.  When we finally saw Les about six,  we were a bit taken aback with the wound sight.  Confirmed the fact I am not nurse material.... Les was very groggy, but able to communicate with texting.  Soon Dr. Hillel popped in and wanted to take out all plastic trach tubing!  We did not expect that so soon.  Dr. Again confirmed all went well.  Les has a bit of pain (duh!!) but his sweet nurse was working on that.  He is in very good hands.

I am pooped, a very long day.  Thanks for the prayers; we both commented this morning that we knew people were praying because we were both so calm and at peace.  Thanks for all the messages; we cannot answer you all back!!  More updates tomorrow.