Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I am able to acess the this site from my father's bedside at Tampa General.

The surgery went well yesterday, but it was very long; he was under for almost 8 hours. Dr. Klotch was able to get clean margins at the base of the tongue, but ended up taking about half of the base.

There was extensive nodal involvement, but the surgeon spent an extra hour cutting around the neck nerves and arteries, he was able to save all of them.

My father is doing well all things considered. He is in quite a bit of pain, especially from the stomach tube. Also, he is having a difficult time coughing through the trach, so he needs suction a lot.

We ended up T3N2bM0.

Scott