Day 1 Summary

Hello All,

Here is a bit more up to date information. Alexander did great today. This morning very early he was up and off to the hospital. They did the prep and he did great. He had to tough it out a bit when they put in the IV but that went quick and then they gave him some "happy juice" and things were pretty mellow. Surgery went from 8 am till about 2 this afternoon. They removed a significant part of his right lobe of the liver, his gall bladder and also managed to free up a vessel that was keeping his left testicle from descending. He did wonderful and came through the surgery looking pretty good.

Tonight he is in ICU with a fair amount of sedation. We saw each of the doctors and they were all really happy with his progress. His oncologist also stopped by and said they took some samples from his liver to confirm the diagnosis but they won't be back for a couple days. Once those are back they'll have a better idea of his cancer treatment going forward.

Tonight he sleeps...tomorrow likely a pretty medicated day. They'll see how he is doing on Friday as they ease off the meds.

Apparently they expect him to be up and moving by day 3. He'll be pretty tender but they are good with him bathing, moving and generally being cute as he sees fit.

With some luck they will move him to a regular ward room tomorrow. They thought even today because he did so well but there weren't any beds so its ICU for tonight. I think it's a blessing because Carrie can come home and just sleep tonight knowing he is getting round the clock attention. I'm thinking once he gets up and running tomorrow it will be tough to slow him down.

Clint and I are heading up for a bit of a visit tonight...hopefully giving Carrie a night to rest and sleep. WE don't really expect too much more info other than he's sleeping. Expect a post maybe tomorrow afternoon once we have a better idea of when he gets a regular room.

Carrie will be there by herself most of the day so if you want to day visit she will be at Pic ICU on the third floor of the Stollery. She said visits would be great.

Thanks everyone for checking in on his wellbeing.

The Godfather