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Hi everyone -
Here I am on the fifth floor (ahhh, some of you know it so well...) of Sloan w. my complimentary cranberry juice. Rob had a six hour surgery yesterday. His left kidney was removed. The tumor was stuck up under his pancreas, encroacing on his mezza cava (large intestine?) and Shein thought he'd have to remove some colon as well, and called in a specialist. The specialist said all was viable, they scraped his colon and left it alone. Shein said he was very pleased with the way the surgery went. Rob was on a ventilator until 11 p.m. last night (out of surgery at 2:40 p.m.). He's on Dalaudid (sp) Zantac and Reglen. Not sure what the antibiotic is. Thanks to Dadmo for telling me about the bar over the bed, it is an actual lifesaver. Thanks to Margaret and Boyce for mentioning the cold washcloths on the head... it is making him feel so much better! And Dadmo, we are keeping the catheter low to the ground. They wanted him up and walking less than 24 hours after surgery - he was able to do 1.5 laps. He's in miserable pain, as I am sure all of you NDers were, and we expect tomorrow to be a better day.
Thanks for all the shoulders to lean on and the support you're giving us.
One thing - Sheinfeld mentioned that there was necrotic tissue, but not how much. Would it be normal for the tissue to have been live tissue? He's sent a "frozen section" - I don't know what that is - to pathology but we won't get answers for ten days or so. Does this mean there could be some live non-sem? I'm not sure if we're going to see Motzer, so I don't know who to direct my questions to yet.
Thanks, thanks, and more thanks.
Here I am on the fifth floor (ahhh, some of you know it so well...) of Sloan w. my complimentary cranberry juice. Rob had a six hour surgery yesterday. His left kidney was removed. The tumor was stuck up under his pancreas, encroacing on his mezza cava (large intestine?) and Shein thought he'd have to remove some colon as well, and called in a specialist. The specialist said all was viable, they scraped his colon and left it alone. Shein said he was very pleased with the way the surgery went. Rob was on a ventilator until 11 p.m. last night (out of surgery at 2:40 p.m.). He's on Dalaudid (sp) Zantac and Reglen. Not sure what the antibiotic is. Thanks to Dadmo for telling me about the bar over the bed, it is an actual lifesaver. Thanks to Margaret and Boyce for mentioning the cold washcloths on the head... it is making him feel so much better! And Dadmo, we are keeping the catheter low to the ground. They wanted him up and walking less than 24 hours after surgery - he was able to do 1.5 laps. He's in miserable pain, as I am sure all of you NDers were, and we expect tomorrow to be a better day.
Thanks for all the shoulders to lean on and the support you're giving us.
One thing - Sheinfeld mentioned that there was necrotic tissue, but not how much. Would it be normal for the tissue to have been live tissue? He's sent a "frozen section" - I don't know what that is - to pathology but we won't get answers for ten days or so. Does this mean there could be some live non-sem? I'm not sure if we're going to see Motzer, so I don't know who to direct my questions to yet.
Thanks, thanks, and more thanks.
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