The surgery went well today but was different than originally planned. First, it was delayed by several hours. Seond, only one tumor was removed. Still, it seems things turned out as they should.
A pre-surgery MRI revealed increased swelling in the tumor sceduled for a February 13 gamma knife treatment. Surgical removal became the better option. We hoped it could be removed today with the other two but discovered that none of these tumors are located near each other. It would require three seperate incisions in Harold's head. While surgically possible, it's not a great idea as it would cause too much brain trama in one day.
Instead Harold's surgeon chose to remove the most complex tumor and will remove the other two in about 10 days. It was really the only choice.
Todays tumor was located just above the right eyebrow and was resting on the optic nerve. Surgery started around 4:30 pm and was completed some time after 8:00 pm. It was successfully removed with no apparent damage to Harold's vision. When I saw Harold around 9:00 pm he was able to talk and respond normally. His surgeon felt things had gone really well. Since it is the weekend, we won't know the result of the labs on that tumor until Tuesday.
Right now we are in the ICU but should to be moved to a regular room in the morning. Things are going great.
The day was longer than expected but passed calmly. I am greatful for the company to two friends, also unexpected, who shared this journey today.
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