Tomorrow morning, Colin and I return to Ithaca. A follow-up MRI today showed no residual tumor or suspicious areas: our first honest-to-goodness gross total resection.
His recovery has been nothing short of astounding. After walking out of the ICU 24 hours after entering it, they were ready to discharge him except he needed to start a medicine to prevent clots while in the hospital.
The wait on surgeries is a notorious combination of boredom and anxiety, though Dr. Boop significantly diminished the latter with his early morning announcement that the procedure would be much simpler than planned. Fortified with snacks and ample access to the internet, we were prepared for the long haul, but only an hour after we got the call that they had opened we got another call that Dr. Boop was scrubbing out and ready to talk to us.
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Last night’s intention to post an update on Colin evaporated when I snuggled with him in his hospital bed as he watched a movie. I was out like a light and he wouldn’t go to sleep. At some point, I managed to sweep food crumbs off the sheets and he did eventually fall asleep; with four straight nights where he can’t eat anything the next morning because of one procedure or another, who am I to begrudge him an evening of partying? Continue reading Surgery Today