John's surgery went well yesterday, though it was disheartening to hear his lab biopsy showed that, along with the basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer was also present in the affected tissue area. This resulted in a more extensive and deeper surgery than we had anticipated and necessitated the taking of a skin graft from just in front of John's right ear. Amazingly he is not feeling any pain and hasn't had to resort to taking any pain medication, not even Tylenol. We're not sure if perhaps this pain numbing could be a lingering effect from the anesthesia or if he has just been very blessed. Either way we are most grateful.
Now if I can just get him to take it easy and not over do things. At this moment he is bored and has been pacing the house looking for something to do, he never was one to just sit idle and relax. Presently I feel reminiscent of the days when one of my children were sent home from school sick, only they weren't so ill that they wanted to lay in bed and sleep, instead they wanted to play with their toys or run about the house.
I wish to thank all of you for your sweet thoughts, kind words, and well wishes and as soon as things return to some semblance of normalcy I will return to my more typical blog posts.
Until then I send my gratitude and fondest regards to each of you.
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Were sorry to hear about what your husband has been going through. Glad to hear that the surgery went well. Good luck in trying to keep him relaxed. Hope he has a fast recovery!
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping that it's all gone and that the two of you are wrapped in love and home comfort. Too keep him busy--give him some stringing material and beads and ask him to "Please...pretty please fix this for me." :D
ReplyDelete*Sending you both Zen hugs*
Glad the surgery went well :)
ReplyDeleteA pacing male, oh not good, they really aren't very good at taking it easy when told to but put then in front of the superbowl and 4 hours go by without a hitch (He! He!)
Hope you are doing well, regards, T. :)
so glad all went well, praise be to God!
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so glad all went well for him! praise God!
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It is the first time that I visit your blog, but good luck for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I'm so sorry to hear about your husband! I hope that he is well on his way to recovery. My hubby had the same problem of not being able to sit still when he had his gaul bladder removed. I just turned on the Play Station and he played games all day :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck and many hugs to both of you!
~Ros
Fantastic news that he's home and doing well. Just realized I spelled it basil in my last comment lol. Not quite the same huh? :-) Isn't that the human way by the way? As soon as they tell us we can't do something (or shouldn't) Its the ONLY thing we want to do Hope he has a chance to rest a little bit (and you too now that the stress is behind you).
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