The Big Day

Hi everybody.

So Benny's surgery was scheduled for 1 pm today.  It got moved up to 11:30 am and then he actually went in at about 10 this morning.  The surgeon thought it would take 4-7 hours.  Jenny was actually woken up 2 1/2 hours later and told Ben was out already.  The surgery went really well.  The surgeon got 98% of the remaining 5% of the tumor.  The hope is that the small amount that they didn't get is actually dead material.  When I last talked to Beth she said they had seen Bennet, he had been in some pain, they gave him morphine, and he was sleeping.  I guess he has a pretty big incision across his belly where they opened him up.  Obviously, everyone is relieved that today went so well.  Benny has been an absolute superstar since this all started in June, as have Jenny and Dave.  I'm not sure what the next step is.  Originally Beth told me Ben would spend 5 days in recovery at Doernbecher, but I don't know if that is still the case.  I'll make sure to keep everyone up to date as to what is going on as I hear it.  Thank you to everyone who sent good thoughts and prayers to Benny, Jenny, and Dave, I know they helped.

As always, f*ck cancer, I ride with Clyde!

-Jake