The surgery is already complete and everything went well. The surgeon feels that he was able to get all of the tumors, including a piece that was starting to grow into the fat surrounding Jim's heart. It was definitely a good thing that he had the surgery now and not later, or it would have soon taken over the heart. The surgeon also removed the remainder of Jim's thymus (Jen says it is used when humans are young to develop their immune systems).
Jim will soon be taken to the surgery ICU where he will need to stay for at least 24 hours. Once he is coherent, we will be able to go visit him, but the doctor said we would have to give it about an hour and a half.
I will post some pictures of the tumors (and chunks of lung) that were removed a little later, for some reason they aren't uploading right now. The surgeon said that the main tumor was about the size of a baseball.
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Good news...Thank you for the update, Clint.
Thanks for the great news!
Thank you....I've been holding my breath all day. Glad everything is going well. We'll keep you all in our prayers.
Awesome news!!
What a relief that everything went well.
Both Liz and I are happy to hear that the surgery went well. And that uncle Jim is recovering from it with no unexpected problems.
By the way hopefully they didn't remove his "Thalamus" but only his "Thymus".
Nate,
That was my bad, but I've fixed the post now. Thanks.
Clint
That's great news. We've been praying for him. I can't believe it was the size of a basketball. Thanks for the updates.
I am so glad things went well.
Hello to the wonderful Meeks! Wow, what fantastic news! We are all extremely thankful that everything went so well today. What a blessing. We hope that Patti is feeling better now, too, and that things will continue to look up. We love you all and send lots of hugs your way.
With prayers & friendship,
Don, Benita, Kelli, Stephanie, Kyle, Jason, Bill & Aggie
I am so glad the surgery went well. You and your family are in our prayers! We wish you a quick recovery!
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