Surgery

Surgery was scheduled for Thursday, July 1st.

Dr. Reichman said he never gets a phone call from a Family Practitioner for this type of brain tumor, he only gets phone calls from the emergency room when the patient is already fighting for his life. This was an amazing miracle as far as early detection because it gave Dad some time to visit with all of his children, family and friends. It also gave time to give him steroids to help shrink his tumor before surgery.

Family, friends, and ward members all joined together in a Fast before his surgery. We believe miracles came from this outpouring of faith and love, and we thank everyone.

Surgery day came and Dad had his head shaved. (He looks quite dashing bald.) The procedure went very well and Dad was taken to the ICU to recover. Within hours we was awake, talking, and making jokes.

They took him off the morphine drip as he said his pain was minimal. The nurse said Dad was the toughest man he knew. But we already knew that.

Within a day, Dad was walking around with a walker, so they moved him out of the ICU to a normal room.

The next day, Saturday, he surprised us all when the Doctor sent him home.

Two days out of surgery and Dad could recover at home. We were all so happy. Miracle number 277 and counting....