The pelvis

We met with the Orthopaedic Surgeons and Anesthesiologist team today and everything is go for tomorrow. We are supposed to be at MD Anderson at 5 AM, the surgery should start about 7 or 8 and is expected to last about 8 hours. Kev will likely stay in ICU Friday night before being moved to a regular room on Sat. They expect him to stay a total of 7-10 days in the hospital. The surgery itself is more complicated than a standard hip replacement (hence the longer surgery time) since they will be trying to remove a couple of large tumors near the pelvis in addition to the cancerous bone. The surgeon gave me a scan of the x-ray they took a couple weeks ago and they'll do another x-ray after the surgery. So that should be a pretty cool before & after comparison. Kev is very much looking forward to tossing out the pain meds and having better mobility. Thanks to everyone for all the good thoughts and prayers, it means a lot to us. I'll let you know how things go.