Surgery Update

Yesterday started out bright and early at 1:30 am when our alarm clock went off.  We left Heavener at 2:45am and went to my parents house to get my dad, he was our chauffeur (and a life safer!).  We left his house about 3:15 and arrived at the hospital at 5:30.  We were hoping his surgery would start at 9:00 or 9:30, but we later found out it was going to be more like 10:45.  After he got settled in his room and had all the blood work ran,and EKG it was time to sit and wait, and wait and wait.  At 9:30 the nurse informed us that our Dr was running behind and his surgery was going to start at 12 or 12:30, OH JOY!  I forgot to mention that Dustin had his first experience with a nurse missing his vein for the IV.  Now you must know that he has excellent veins, she must have just had a really bad day because she not only missed once but twice!  That really made his day!  So, at 12:28 they took him back for his surgery, and he was finished at 1:54.  I went back to the recovery room at 3, and he looked like crap.  I have a great picture of him, but my mom said she would kill me if showed up here or on facebook...lol.  He really was in a lot of pain after the procedure, but he had a great nurse that was pumping him with morphine, so he did finally get on top of the pain.  He was in recovery for a few hours and then we made the lovely 2 1/2 hour ride home.  I was afraid he would be in too much pain for the trip home, but the nurse made sure to dose him up with Oxycodone, so he was pretty happy and did really good. 

When I talked with his Dr, he said the port placement (or installation as Dustin calls it) went just fine, and he actually removed a cluster of lymph nodes as apposed to one large node.  As of now we go for results November 2, to his oncologist.

Last night was fun!  Ice packs are his friend, he has one on both sides of his chest on at all times.  The lymph node removal was one the left side and the port is on the right, so he has an ice pack on each side.  He was up ever 1 1/2 to 2 hours changing ice packs or asking for pain meds.  Then Logan was up at 3:30 because he has a Marching Band Competion today and he had to be at the school at 4:30!  It has been a very long night!!

Here is a pic of the port, this was taken today.