Successful Day

Hello friends and family-

We had a good day today. The Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Siddique, was able to get 80-85% of the largest tumor. He wasn't able to take the entire thing because the tumor is so big. That being said, he considers the surgery a success and fully expects that Jim will be scheduled for more cryoablation next month in order to get the rest of that tumor, as well as anything else that he can see on Jim's liver. We are very excited.

Jim went into surgery around 1:00 today. Apparently Jim doesn't do ultra well in the recovery room, because he was there for quite a while and they gave him some morphine. I don't think they were expecting to give him morphine. But once he was back in the room he really pepped up, and although they gave him a patient administered morphine drip, he didn't use it. He suffered through starvation the entire day, so he was really excited about eating some hospital food for dinner. I think they do that on purpose. I cannot think of a single scenario in which anyone would enjoy hospital food unless they were starving.

Jim's Mom is at the hospital with him right now. He's recovering well. He's happy, and he's happy with the results.

And we got three really cool visitors today - the Director of Pastoral Care from our church, Mike; Jim's friend Ken, who's been a pillar of support for us; and best yet, one of the nurses, Chris. Chris wasn't working, but she knew we were there for the surgery. Now that is dedication. We were so happy to see her.

Love to everyone. We'll keep you posted on Jim's recovery. Things are looking good.