Surgery Day

This is BJ, signing in for my Daddy. It was a long day in the surgical waiting area watching the play by play of patient 97148 scroll down the screen. It was slow going to start the surgery was delayed a few hours due to some complications with the previous patient. As for my dad what was a planned lobectomy ended up being a Pneumonectomy, removal of his entire left lung. Dr. Wehr also removed several lymph nodes. Unfortunately he was not able to remove all of the cancerous nodes and chemo and radiation will follow some time after recovery. Dr. Wehr did say he was very pleased he did the surgery he said the disease was severe and had he not done the surgery my dad would not have made it for more than a few months. We praise God this decision was made! And much thanks to Dr. Patel Oncologist for being aggressive and seeking out Dr. Wehr to see my Dad's case and thanks to Dr. Wehr's confidence in taking my Dad's case. He is a very skilled and brilliant surgeon and exceptionally upbeat!
We met our Daddy in the Coronary Care Unit around 5:00 this evening. He was of course in and out of sleep but was waving and trying to talk. He recognized his girls and asked for his grand babies to be put on his bed with him. The grand babies were at home but he was thinking of them. He will be monitored well through the night and expected to be in the CC unit for the next few days and then later moved to a different floor for recovery.
My Dad was very popular today he had many visitors prior to surgery, phone calls, well wishes and prayers. Before he went in to surgery he said, "with a support team like this I am sure to win". Thank you so much for all the love!