Out of surgery

We arrived at the hospital @ 7 am with surgery to begin at 8:30. We were informed that they typically run late. About 9:00 am after several pokes and prods she was ready to be taken up to the operating room. Surgery did not in fact start until about 10 am. The nice thing about this hospital is that we received a call in the waiting room every hour updating us on the progress. Finally, about 5:00 p.m. the surgeon came and escorted us up to the shock/trauma intensive care waiting room. He let us know everything went as well as expected. They removed the esophagus from the stomach up to the neck as well as the upper part of the stomach. He also took out the gall bladder and a tennis ball sized benign cyst near her stomach. He was able to get good parameters and saw no sign of cancer. The cancer has not spread which was really good news. The liver was a bit fried from the radiation, he took a biopsy it and there was no sign of cancer. Right now she has a breathing tube in as well as a feeding tube in her nose and in her stomach, plus several drains, one at her neck and one at her stomach. As she progresses, each of these will be removed. The feeding tube in her stomach will come out last, most likely a couple months down the road. They hope to get the breathing tube out by tomorrow. At this point she will be in intensive care for a day or two. She will hopefully move to a regular room tomorrow or the next day. Of course we appreciate your continued prayers in her behalf.
Val