Dr. Farnell came by my room (Francis 2C-125) at about 4:45 p.m. After examining the dressing over the incision, the drain, and the catheter and fluid from it, and after reviewing my vital records for today, and after asking me how I felt, he said things looked very good and that I seemed to be progressing quite well. The cyst and other tissue that was removed have been preliminarily determined not to be malignant. However, the official report from the examination of the complete frozen sections will not be available until Monday.
I may be able to try liquid foods orally also on Monday. Visitors are welcome beginning Monday, too.
My thanks to Plarent and Darla for their countless acts of help and good advice. Dr. Farnell thinks that if things continue to go as well as they have I may be able to return home on June 29.
An interesting sidebar: Dr. Farnell said he had performed six of these surgeries just this week. He is aiming for a career total of 1,000 by retirement.
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