Hi everyone,

Just wanted to post an update about my dad. His surgery started around 7:45 today. All the doctors and nurses were extremely sweet as they always are. There was also a very sweet lady that recited for us a beautiful prayer and eased our minds. My dad sends his greeting to everyone on the forum and thanks you all for your love and support.

The tumor is toward the back of the tongue so they will split his jaw and lip to access it and remove it. He will also have another neck dissection. He is going to going to have an inmediate reconstruction with skin graft. I can't recall if I mentioned that there was a new lump in the back of his month, by there the wisdom teeth grow, on the right side, which had a bliser like appearance. It turns out it is the tumor too, so it is posibble he will have a mandibulectomy too, but we don't know until they get to that area.

A few minutes ago his nurse informed us he was sleeping now under the effects of the anesthesia and his breathing tube was placed on him.

I really loved that beautiful prayer, it asked for God to guide the doctor's hands and my dad to remember He loves him.
How I wish you all would have listened to it, it was a prayer for you too. Hugs.

Love,

Benfry