Surgery day

I'll be going in just a few hours for the surgery. It's surreal, but needs to be done. God please guide the skillful hands of the surgeon, and give strength to my family until we all hear the word that everything went okay. And to everyone, as we've said all along, thank you so much for your kindness, support, and prayers. Doug will post as he hears news. Here we go.....

Debbie was rolled to surgery about 2:00 our time. I am now in a wait mode and it is the worst part. Dr. Brown told me that he assembled the best team he works with for Debbie's case today as opposed to docs he didn't know ( i guess that sometimes happens). Positive vibrations and praise God that he watches over Debbie.

It is now 9:30 PM and Debbie has finally made it to her room and I'm relieved and overjoyed to say she's doing great. The surgery turned out exactly as planned and according to Dr. Brown went as well as he could have expected. The relief is tremendous. It has been a long 3 1/2 months but I can start to believe we are over the toughest part of our journey. Praise to God for watching over Debbie and guiding Dr. Brown's hands in surgery and Dr. Acker's skill in radiation. To all of you, each and every one, for following this blog, and for supporting Debbie, my heartfelt thanks go to you. I'll write more tomorrow but I'm so very tired I'm going to lay next to my wife in my fancy barkalounger they have for me here at the hospital and drift off into the best sleep I've had in months.