Ok ~ well ..... Steve is out of surgery much sooner than we had thought possible, and the news is very positive. They removed huge amounts of "stuff" including everything that's been effecting his quality of life lately. While they were unable to remove absolutely everything, what they had to leave is extremely slow growing and will in no way effect the quality of his life now. He will be monitored very closely over the next years and if/when necessary they can always go back in and take out what small amounts may be causing any further problems. The doctor has another patient in the hospital now that just had that done and it's been 6 years since original surgery, he's still going strong and his case was much more advanced and more difficult than Steve's.
Dr. Lowy said this is now a "managed health care" issue. He said Steve will continue to be closely monitored and can go back to living a normal, pain free, unrestricted life, including (and Steve will LOVE this) body surfing! :-)
He's in recovery now and will be taken directly to a room, bypassing ICU completely, so we'll be with him soon and he should be fairly awake.
Thank you all beyond words for your support, words of encouragement and love and for your prayers. God has truly answered prayer. God is working his perfect will and we are accepting it in the faith of His love. I'm so aware that none of us knows what the future holds for us, and our lives are in His hands at every moment.
We will continue to update more today and the days to follow. Please continue to pray. We love you all.
That's great news! We were just chatting a few hours ago about how long this all might take. Tell him cousin George says hi:
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