Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A good recovery

Reb had his drain removed on Friday. It was painful, but he was glad to have it done. The doctors are amazed at how well he is recovering from such a major surgery.

The surgeon was also able to make the family feel a little better about the surgery too. One of the surgical residents came to visit in the hospital and said they weren't sure they got the best margins on the lobe they removed. It was kind of discouraging to hear. However, at the doctors appointment on Friday, the surgeon said that any of the "roots" that they didn't get would have been microscopic, and he is planning on doing chemo to take care of those anyway. The surgeon thought everything went great, and he has a good prognosis.

One more doctor appointment next week. That is the one with the oncologist to decide the best chemo/radiation course to take.

Reb has been feeling good, and even got to go to a family reunion over the weekend. He only stayed for a few hours, but was glad to be back socializing again. He also returned to work this week, and is supposed to be taking it slow.

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