Thank you Dani, for your input. The nursing care issue scares me alot because since I had the stroke, if I don't get enough sleep, my brain gets really fuzzy. I know that I will have to spend some time in the "hospital hotel" resting in order to help care for him. As things stand today, surgery is scheduled for Feb 9th. We go for a "face to face" with the Head and Neck surgeon and the Plastic Reconstruction surgeon on Feb 1st. Since our H&N surgeon is out of town this week, I asked his nurse today about how many of these procedures he has done. She said he only does H&N and is Board Certified in Otolaryngology and Oncology and has done alot of this surgery.[ I didn't get to ask how many of those folks are still out there, but I will Feb. 1st] She also said this Plastic Surgeon is the only one he uses, so this guy has done a bunch of these too.I assume we can take some comfort in that. Wish things did not have to move so fast! Thanks for being here for me Ya'll. Amy