On Tuesday this past week Rob had his surgery as planned!! We arrived at the hospital about 11:30am and by 12:30 Rob was all ready and taken to the pre-op part that I don't get to go to. It was such a relief having him walk into this surgery that was minor in comparison to the 2 other surgeries he had this past year. I managed to keep myself busy and at about 3:30pm I got a call on the phone in the waiting room that he was already being taken up to the third floor. I didn't even see the doctor this time which was weird for me but reassuring that it was a routine procedure. One of Rob's fears going into surgery was that he would remember what had happened since they were just giving him sedation and not a general. He was able to talk to the doctor before and said he did not want to remember a thing. He does remember the feeling of them working in his mouth at one point but woke up fully only once they were done. When I got upstairs to the post recovery he was already awake and talking which was awesome! He felt a little sleepy but was feeling glad that it was over. Once he was stable and felt ok they sent us home! We got home about 6pm and Rob had a nap while I went and got his antibiotics and pain killers. As far as we know the procedure went well although we won't really know how things look until the swelling goes down. Right now Rob is having a lot of pain from the stiches rubbing on the inside of his lip. At first we thought it was the loose end rubbing and I was going to trim it but now he figured it is the knot so I can't touch that. Please pray the stiches fall out soon and the sores heal quickly. At this point we don't know if the surgery has helped the pain in his tongue because he is not able to move it much but we are praying that it does. We are very thankful to have this surgery behind us so thank you for all your prayers!
Rob has been going to both physio and massage weekly and they seem to be helping but he is still in a lot of pain. Some moments he feels much better than other moments but he needs to take breaks often because being in pain constantly is tiring. The last 2 nights he has woken up in the middle of the night with sharp pains. We continue to pray that he would have relief from the pain and that he has patience as it heals.
This Tuesday Rob has another CT scan. This is a routine one but each time we wonder what it will show. We don't get results until the end of April and of course the waiting is hard. We continue to feel God's peace and we pray that He has healed Rob completely and the scan shows no new growth.
Today at church we sang the classic song Faithful One. I was able to close my eyes and focus on the words and they really hit home.
"You are my rock in times of trouble,
You lift me up when I fall down,
All through the storm, Your love is,
The anchor, My hope is in You alone."
God is where we place our hope and that is how we are able to face each day. Our prayer is that through our journey people see how amazing God is and that they want to have a personal relationship with him. Lots of bad things happen in the world but when you see the good things that can come out of a bad situation you know God is with you and because of this we have hope.
Love Karen
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