To Surgery at 3:45 PM

John and daughter Echo

It's been a day of delays, but John is now in the surgery room.  We arrived at the appointed 9:30 AM check-in time and got into the pre-op room where Echo, John's daughter, joined us about 11 AM.  We expected John's surgery to begin at 11:30 AM. 

Brother Bill trimming John's
mustache so tape will stick

Come to find out, the surgery room that John was suppose to go into was still being used.  So, we waited and waited.  Finally, the hospital arranged for John to go into another room. 

About 3 PM John's brother Bill showed up, followed shortly by the Operating Room Nurse and Anesthesiologist. 

So that tape would stick well to John's skin, some of his mustache needed to be trimmed.  Bill did the favor. 



Half a mustache, mid-trim.



At 3:45 PM, John was wheeled off to surgery.


The doctor indicated that John's surgery could take as long as 6 hours.  I will blog more when we find out anything new.

Anesthesiologist & O.R. Nurse prep'ing John



John off to surgery

Update:  We got the report that the incision was made at 4:31 PM.