Surgery Day

We got to the hospital this morning about 5:30am. Right now it's about 6:30pm and she just got out of surgery. The doctor says that the entire area in question was tumor, and appeared to be a glioma which is a low grade brain cancer. In his estimation, he was able to remove about 97% of it. I haven't seen her yet, but he says that she is awake and there doesn't seem to be any problems with hearing, speech, or vision. She's going to be in the ICU for the next few days, depending on how the next 24 hours go. We won't know for sure exactly what it is until the pathology reports, but the initial hunch is that we'll be deciding in a week or two what additional treatment will be required. All in all, I'm feeling like this is a pretty positive result, but she's not out of the woods till it's all gone. So now we begin the long road to recovery. Thanks to everyone for all the prayers, messages, and general support. It has been an amazing strength! I'll keep updates flowing as I learn more.