Well, That Happened.

Just to drop you all a line that I made it through the surgery fine and am out of the hospital. I am spending a day or two at my brother Michael's house. I am typing this on my nephew Thomas's keyboard, which is annoyingly small.

The surgery went very very well. Dr. Caputo said that he thinks he got everything. Pathology reports won't be finished until sometime this week, but he thinks everything looks very very good.

I still have some surgical drains in the wound, which are as annoying as all get out. With any luck, they will be out by the end of the week.

The pain was bad, but less than I was expecting. Then again, I was expecting screaming agony. They did rig my up with a fun IV that gave me Dilaudid (a pretty potent painkiller) whenever I wanted. They refused to let me take it home.

So, I am moving slowly but steadily and each day is a bit better than the last. I took a shower at the hospital this morning, which was nirvana.

I do get tired easily so I will fill you in about my hospital adventures in small doses.

I cannot thank you all enough for your care, love, and prayers during all this.

(The spell check wanted to replace "painkiller" with "binuclear." I am trying so hard not to laugh because it hurts.)