We just met with the surgeon. Jordan still has about an hour to go. They are closing her up. The surgery appears to have been a success. He was able to remove the tumor. She appears to have some weakness on her right side. We won’t know how permanent that is until later. We are relieved that she handled the surgery so well and that her excellent team was able to remove the beast!

The nurse from the O.R. just called. Surgery is still in progress and “going well.” We don’t know yet whether or not the team is able to remove the tumor, but we were told that they are in phase where the lights are out so that the doctors can work by microscope.

I look up to the monitor in the waiting room and find her number. #7471. Next to it, the number 132. One hundred thirty two minutes into surgery, and so much more to go. One of the surgical nurses called me on my cell phone shortly after the procedure began. –I just wanted you to know that we started about 10 minutes ago and everything is going great. She promised to call later with an update.

She is in the operating room. She was nervous, but brave as ever. Now, we wait. We may get a call from the lead nurse when the procedure begins.