Surgery Day....scheduled for 830am.
Surgery started approx at 930am.
First update: 1030- was very good. They are proceeding doing it Laproscopically and she is doing well. Another update in about 2 hours and they think it may take 3-4 hours. Waiting for 2nd update should be soon.
2nd update: 1200 - Mom is doing well still in surgery though. They are still doing it laproscopically but she has a lot of adhesions from all her prior surgeries so it is taking a while to get the liver piece out. It may be at least 2 more hours if all goes well.
Update #3 1330- Still in surgery but doing well. Had to stop and do ultrasound on stomach area where there is so much scar tissue. Should be finished in less than 2 hrs and Dr, Shen will be out to talk to us. Shew long day...
Finally 4pm out of surgery. Dr. Shen said she had a large amount of scar tissue from her previous colon surgery and it took him 3 hours just to see the liver. He removed a portion of the left lobe and said she still had 70-80% of her liver left. She will be staying in ICU tonight just because of the length of her surgery but will be awake just to monitor her closely and should go to a regular room tomorrow. Overall Dr. Shen was pleased with the results. He completed the surgery Laproscopically and said she had 4 tiny holes and 1 larger about 2-3 in. that he removed the liver through. She is in recovery now and we may get to see her in a couple of hours. Continue to pray for us. She is going to be ticked when she realizes she is in ICU...but she will just have to do it one night.
630pm- Mom's in ICU and resting well. In some pain but has a pump to help that. Not very alert but knows everyone and asking questions. Dad and I are going to hotel for him to rest since Mom is pretty much sleeping. We had a huge family here today and thankful for that. My mom's sisters, Kathy and Athaleen were here. Cousins Connie and Regina, My brother Jerry, Sheree, Brooke, and my girls Jana, Kristen, Allison also here. Regina and Kathy brought us yummy snacks, drinks, playing cards, magazines to entertain us while we waited...so nice and really appreciated it.
930pm-- At hotel - just talked to Mom's nurse and she is still doing well. Had to up the pain meds to get her blood pressure to come down, it had been up a little since surgery. /they want her to wake up a little more and are working on getting her off the oxygen thru the night. She has NG tube but will be removed when she gets a little more alert. Overall doing good for as long as she was asleep. Dad is resting very well(snoring) and I am not far behind him....nite and more updates in the morning.