cat~ma appreciated- our sweet Taz is undergoing some pretty significant surgery in order to hopefully get this urethra situation cleared up (so to speak) once and for all!
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Hey New Yorker Buffistas and NY-adjacent Buffistas, I have a request. My dear and wonderful employee R and his cousin are trying to visit NY (where they were raised) for a few days during Labor Day week (like from the 7-10 or so). I'm guessing the already-super-expensive NY is even more so because of 9/11 activities. Does anyone have a tip on good places to stay? He's looking at packages that are $1100 or so for 3 days that include the airfare/hotel. Is that the best he can get? I am thinking yes, but wanted to check with y'all.
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Hey gang, any speedy recovery~ma you can spare for my best friend would be greatly appreciated. He found out last night that what he thought was a kidney stone was in fact an intestinal rupture, and is now in the hospital hopefully avoiding major surgery.
Recovery~ma for your friend, Matt.
DH goes in tomorrow morning at 7 am EST for a sentinel lymph node biopsy as well as excision of the cancerous area on his back. It's going to be a long day--for everyone--and we should be able to take him home around 6ish tomorrow evening. I'll update as I can.
Thank you so much for the good thoughts, ~ma, and prayers. I couldn't even pretend to get through this without this community.
Dh is still in surgery. We'll know more in an hour or so.
Starting hour 4. Was only supposed to take 3. Slightly worried even though OR nurse said no complications thus far.
It may have turned out that things in DH are sitting in unexpected places. Anatomy texts are indications of averages, not always reality. Or he has unexpected extra bits. Hubby has more bones than most humans. Backup systems, I think.
I heard from MFNLaw. She and DH are headed to the in-laws' for the weekend. DH is fine, responding well, if a little groggy. The surgery took longer because they had a hard time getting to the lymph nodes. No complications. They took some tissue to biopsy and the results should be back in a week and a few days.