surgery update

Dad is out of surgery and in a room for the night. It has been a long day because the surgery schedule was all backed up and he never got back until nearly noon. The surgery took about two hours. He is still asleep and on meds for the night. We had some disappointing news as the tumor was a lot larger than we expected. It was very aggressive and starting to attack the nerves and blood vessels in his neck. From a surgical standpoint it was successful. They removed all of it that they could see touch and feel. Dr. Holmes has talked to us briefly and will return with more information for us later this afternoon. Please pray for Dad and the rest of the family. I will post more in a bit once we get him settled in. Just wanted to let you all know he was out and he did fine during the surgery.