Friday, December 7
Matthew's surgery on Friday lasted about 3-4 hours, and it went very smoothly. The tumor is completely out and he's all wired and stitched back together.
The Layton kids sported their T Gear on the day of his surgery:
Right before the surgery:
Right after the surgery. The white bandage covers the incision, and the tube directly below that is draining all of the blood in his chest.
Jarrett put his Santa hat on him as soon as we got to the hospital.
The tumor! This thing is huge. They said before it shrunk it was the size of a cantaloupe! The surgeons took pictures of it because we asked them to. They also gave us pictures of his open chest during surgery, but my I'm not allowed to post it on the blog. It's not too gross, but some think it's too much for the blog.
T was feeling better and they had him siting in a chair. Later that day they had him walking.
The scar. He loves it.
Sunday, December 9
Matthew was discharged way earlier than expected. He got out around 11:00 AM and was home by 12:00. He has to carry that pillow around because if he gets up, sneezes, coughs, etc. he has to hold it against his chest. It's sort of like a shock absorber.
More details are to come later when I have time to sit and write after finals, but I hope this will suffice for now.
Would love an update on Matthew! Hope all is well! Merry Christmas! <3
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