Surgery Today

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Thank you for your prayers! Cornell's platelets are in good shape. Surgery is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. It's estimated to take 4 hours. We're just waiting for the team to take Cornell to surgery. I don't know of any way forward except to go through it. This tumor is the biggest obstacle in Cornell's path currently. It's causing the symptoms that have diminished his ability to function. We'll hang on to hope and see you on the other side.

Cornell was just taken into surgery at 8:45, earlier than expected.

12:14 message from the operating room:

Surgery is progressing, the patient is doing well.

4:15 The nurse in the operating room just called to say that things are going well. Cornell's vital signs are still good. But it's taking longer than expected because of the tumor's location.

5:00 I just got word that they are closing.

7:00 Cornell has been moved to the ICU. He will be there for a day or so - being closely watched. Then back to acute care. The tumor was a solid mass and had to be taken out in pieces which added to the difficulty. But he was waking up and can start recovery. We'll see what that looks like in the coming days.

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