Leah slept well last night.  This morning her diet was transitioned from clear liquids to soft solids.  Her system is responding appropriately so the doctor approved regular food for dinner tonight.   She is walking as prescribed and naturally tired out by all the effort.    Presently she is experiencing blurred vision.  It appears to be a reaction to a medication.  Leah is reading your thoughtful messages and is comforted by your support. 

Day 1 post op

General recovery going well. Major ongoing challenge of the day was problems with catheter, it was not functioning properly and after several painful removals and insertions, Leah was successful in convincing doctor to have it removed  permanently.  This evening Leah was dealing with common post op discomforts of air in abdominal cavity.  She is looking forward to possibility of eating solid food tomorrow for first time in five days.

Walking about...

Leah is doing well, has been on two walks today and having clear liquids.

Out of recovery...

 Leah was out of recovery at 8:30pm. After a brief time of trying to adjust to pain meds to meet her need, she was very stable, all vitals good. Back in room she is resting/sleeping and just talking briefly in between resting/sleeping.

Surgery Success!

Surgery was completed at 5:15pm. Surgeon says it all went as planned, there was just the 1 tumor and he got it all. 18 inches of colon removed and many nodes for testing. Determined that no bag would be needed! All in all it's the best news we could expect at this point. She's waking up soon.

Going good.

We thought she might be going into surgery earlier but they were just taking her to prep earlier and once she was down there they allowed a few family members one at a time to visit. She went into surgery at 1:15 and they came out once to say everything is going well and so far according to a digital graph it looks like she's 15 min away from coming out which is right on time.

Surgery soon.

Leah's being wheeled to surgery... a tad earlier than expected. Please continue send your positive thoughts, prayers and energy.

Preliminary reading of the scan

Preliminary reading of the scan shows only the tumor we knew about.

At Miriam

Leah had her scan this morning and is now checked into Miriam. The results from the scan are not in yet. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.

the real surgery time

surgery is at 1:00 pm.  I had the wrong time, must be all those great pain meds!  Everything went well with the pre-admissions.  I will possibly be admitted to the hospital after tomorrows scan to stay the night before the surgery.

surgery time

The surgery will be at 11am on Friday.  Going in for pre-admission testing tomorrow at 12:45

CT colonography and surgery dates

The CT colonography is scheduled for 8:30 am on Thursday this week.  This will allow the surgeon to see if there are any other tumors or polyps that he needs to remove during surgery.  The surgery is scheduled for the following day, Friday.  Everything is being done at Miriam Hospital in Providence.