…to whatever god(s) you have. We’re going in to hospital today for my youngest’s cancer surgery. He is strong, but a bone cancer in the tibia is nothing trivial.
Surgery will take a few hours to remove the tumor and top of tibia, and then a few more hours to try to salvage and reconstruct the limb. If everything goes well, his right leg will lose some mobility and strength, and probably a small limp. If it doesn’t, well think Terry Fox.
We will know, late Monday European time if the surgery went well and in a week if there is any infection.
I have no gods to pray to - but I offer you and your family my heart-felt sympathies. I hope he’ll be fine, and you’ll all look back at this in a few years, thankful how well it went.
Nine hours of surgery, but the surgeon was happy with the result. Now we just have to wait a week or so to be sure it is not infected, and another six weeks for the pathologist to assess the tumor.