Thank you to everyone who reached out. The surgery went very well. He is doing fine so far. He actually spent a lot of time in a chair yesterday which was very good for one day post-op. We should get the pathology reports in 7-10 days.

He had an iPad in the post-anasthesia care unit, and now has an iPad and dry erase board on the Head and Neck floor. Not ideal, but it works.

I expected him to be out of it all day yesterday but he was wide awake. This was especially surprising because they have been coming in every hour to check the flap so he didn’t get a lot of sleep.

He didn’t get up to his room until late yesterday afternoon (surgery was Wednesday). He does have a roommate and there is not a lot of space in the room but I will be staying there as much as possible.

He says he is not in a lot of pain, but has pain meds ordered as needed.

Thank you to everyone for all of the support and helpful information. I am grateful for every bit.