Day of 2nd surgery

Surgery was scheduled for 7:00 a.m., however, it was delayed until 8:30 a.m. He got out of surgery at 12 noon, and now it is 2:55 p.m. and he is still in recovery. Hopefully he will get a room soon. His dr. spoke with us after the surgery, noting that the tumor on this kidney was bigger than they thought it was and they found a 2nd tumor which they took out is well. The plan is that he will most likely not need dialysis at this point, but they'll know more later. The tumor they didn't see on the CAT scan concerns them, and he will probably have to have at least 2-3 CAT scans a year to hopefully try to make sure that there aren't any more. He also might have another chance to be part of another clinical trial for something for high-risk cancer patients. Good news for now that they got the 2 things they saw...they should know tomorrow if the other kidney is working, too. That's about all we know for now.