Well here I am again at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. I was fortunate enough to get a room at the Hope Lodge which is sponsored by the American Cancer Society. I have a very nice room, shared kitchen facilities and computer access. Thank you to the wonderful folks here. We arrived here at 5:30 this morning to start a very long day in the SICU.
On to the update, Dave is doing fantastic. He was only in surgery for 6 hours instead of up to 14 hours that the docs. said it would take. There was no removal of nerves, veins, or skin from his left forearm or chest. They did remove the dysfunctional larynx as well as some lymph nodes on the left side of his throat. They were able to reconstruct his throat with what he has. He will always have the trach or hole in the trachea (airway) for breathing. Dave will put a microphone looking thing up to his throat in order to talk temporarily and the TEP or hands free voice box will be placed in about 8 weeks, that is only when he is allowed to start talking in a couple of weeks. God is good!
Daves mom and sister Julie were here with me through the day, many thanks to them for there support. I will continue to update as I can, thank you all for listening. God Bless, we love you all.
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