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Scotty was brought into his room at Reston Hospital room 452.
1850 Town Center Pkwy
Reston, VA 20190

He is in quite a bit of pain but they have given him Dilaudin and Demoral and they are waiting for his pain tubes to take effect. They work by sending off a certain amount of pain meds to numb the area but it takes a while for it to work. He was in and out of sleep when I was with him but right before I left he seemed to be in less pain than earlier.

They were able to do it laparascopicly but the mass was lower in the rectum so they had to do a little larger cut but still rather small incisions. He has drainage tubes out of each side of him but overall the site of the operation looked rather good.

He had lost approximately 10lbs this week from all the cleaning out. They gave him some heparin to thin his blood prior to surgery and then an antibiotic during surgery. They currently have him using a massager thing for his legs so that he won't get clots.

The Dr said things went well and as for when he will be able to go home, I think that depends on how well he recovers and how soon he can use his functions again. My guess is somewhere between 4-5 days.

As you can imagine, I am relieved and feel like a huge weight has been lifted. Thanks so much for Div and Annette for spending the day with me. It really helped me a lot.

I will be at the hospital tomorrow and hopefully he can have visitors. The nurse said today will be the worst day in terms of pain. They will be making him walk tomorrow to get his body moving and the oxygen flowing.