Surgery day

Well, I'm sure that most of you know already that Cleve got through the surgery just fine today. I'm pretty sure the grape vine in the rogue valley is pretty extensive. Dr. Ross said that the tumor was very large and made up of several different nodes that were all matted together. Dr. Ross took the entire chain of lymph nodes leaving nothing behind including a nerve that the tumor had wrapped itself around. He did not feel comfortable cutting through the tumor itself to save the nerve and Cleve should have no major side effects from removing that nerve branch. Other than that it was a very boring day of waiting around. Cleve got out of surgery at about 1:00 pm here in Texas but finally got moved to a room when one became available at about 7:00 pm. I am including some pictures including Cleve working up until they took him away and Cleve after surgery in recovery with his drain.