At this point we still thought it was a Grade 3 or 4 astrocytoma.
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From: Dhalie
Sent: February 28, 2005 11:11 PM
Subject: Update - Successful Surgery
Hi Everyone,
Just to update you all, John had his surgery today, and it went well. It was a long day! We arrived at VGH at 8:30am for admitting. Then John was in Pre-op where they put him on a saline solution and there was more waiting. After that John was moved into the Operating Room where he was put under general anaesthesia, and it was about 11am by that time.
His surgery was about 5 hours, then he was sent to the Recovery Room to wake up. After that he was sent up to Neuro-ICU, where he is still currently.
We spoke with the surgeon, who was able to remove about half of the tumor, which is now sent to Pathology. We'll be awaiting those results, which will be available in about a week.
The surgery went well and there were no complications.
John is talking, and able to open his eyes. His head is all bandaged up and it looks like he's wearing a white turban. He's already asked me to bring his laptop and a stack of DVDs in tomorrow! :) His blood pressure and heart rate are good. The nurses are impressed with John considering he just had his surgery today.
John will be moved to a regular room (and out of
Neuro-ICU) sometime tomorrow. John's family is requesting that we reserve Tue. just for family visits, with friends and family visiting on Wed. I'll email out his room number when I have it.
Come and visit on Wed if you are able to. Visiting hours are 11am to 8pm once he is out of ICU.
Talk to you all soon,
Dhalie
