Final surgery update

Well, Dad is out of surgery. Dr. V said it went well. He's going to be on the ventilator until tomorrow morning at least, and he'll be in the ICU through the weekend. They were able to take out the entire mass. They did find a small nodule on his small intestines, they removed it and the pathology came back negative. So they do not think it spread. Dad does have a pretty bad case of Pancreatitis, which is swelling and infection in the pancreas. So they are going to give him antibiotics for that. He has a feeding tube in, and he will have it for a few weeks. But Dr. V was very optimistic, so that made us feel a lot better. We're going to ask that if you guys want to visit, to wait until next week. Once we get him out of ICU we'd be more comfortable with people coming up. Keep the prayers coming. We're not quite out of the woods yet and we know it's helping. :)