The OR surgical reporting system here is so far working.
Josh went into surgery at 11:05, they started at 11:39, and we registered with the waiting room: they took my cell phone number, made sure I had a beeper with a two mile radius and a return phone number to call, so if we went out they could contact us, and we grabbed a bite to eat and sat down in the waiting room.
The information nurse and her nurse educator buddy came through at 12:15 and spoke to every person waiting for a loved one: their job is to give updates from the OR. Nice people, feeling us out for needs, being proactive, and taking feedback. Listening. They are expecting that the surgery will take 7 hours or so. We are hoping that they use the full seven hours because we think that will mean they were able to remove what they went in for. If the surgery is much shorter, it means they couldn't get it all, or decided not to...So for us, we are hoping to hear that they have not closed too soon. Or we are hoping to hear that our fantasy has come true: that when the incision was made, the tumors LEAPED out of the abdomen ONTO the pathology tray and sliced themselves up, harikari style...
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