This morning, we took the El down to Northwestern for Susan's surgery. Being us, we were ludicrously early. According to Susan, putting in the wire was not nearly as bad as she feared. Dr. Benjamin, the radiologist, was very skilled and even the numbing shot didn't hurt. Then there was a long period of waiting, interspersed with assistance from extremely nice nurses (including Lenore who "walked the Earth" to find us a pencil so we could do the crossword puzzle.) Copious amounts of drugs were offered and accepted. Susan was rolled into the OR at about 11:45am.
About an hour and a half later, Dr. Khan came to the waiting room to let Kate know that everything went well and that they'd removed about a gumball-size piece (she didn't make that comparison - it's a rough translation of her hand gesture. Susan prefers to describe it as 3cm - which may or may not be correct.) When rejoined, Susan and Kate ate a delightful lunch of ham sandwich, banana, and baked chips while waiting for her walking papers. As a parting gift, we were given a very handy suit bag to hang Susan's clothes in. More good drugs were obtained and we took a cab home.
Susan reports that she's tired but not in much pain (how could she be, given all these drugs?) She can take her bandage off in two days and we'll hear from pathology on Friday. However, for now, it's all over and the Cubs go for their fifth win in a row tonight. Life is good.
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Great news! I like Dr. Khan, too.
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