Surgery Day Part 2

More cut-and-paste:

• 6pm: just got a visit from the surgeon. He said he couldn't find her nodes at all, which is a good sign considering she definitely had a positive one when this all started.
• He said her tissues were a bit more scarred than usual due to having the chemo before the surgery.
• No clinical evidence of problems with the nodes, but we won't know for sure until after the pathology is complete (probably early next week)
• The tumor was also a bit tougher than normal to remove, again because of the scarred tissues, but he thought the margins (interface between the tumor and normal tissue) looked good.
• He remains VERY happy with the way she responded to the pre-operative chemo treatments, and based on what he could see doesn't foresee any need for follow-up surgery.
• He left to "go find her personal nurse" and make sure she had all that same info. :+) Now we just wait and see how long it takes her to wake up, which will likely be the determining factor in deciding whether I'm taking her home tomorrow.
• Or tonight
• They are trying to prepare a pain med prescription, which is a bit difficult given her intolerance / hyper sensitivity to most of the tools in their kit. The surgeon really thinks she won't need more than an ICE PACK.
• Overhearing the nurses setting up a "late discharge bed" for Rory ... looks like we're going upstairs (to the main hospital) soon. Rory's not out of post-op yet.
• ‎7:30 and Rory's still struggling to wake up. Totally normal for her. We have a room assigned upstairs, just waiting for the word to move our gear up there. Still possible I'll be bringing her home later tonight.
• Got her moved to her suite with a fabulous view (of the next wing of the hospital). We decided to send me home to be there with the kids in the morning, mostly so Caiden doesn't have to go to Seminary with the girls at 5:30. I'll also pick up prescriptions on my way back down to retrieve her in the morning.
• Planning to be home tomorrow (Friday) with a possibility of getting some work done too. Maybe.