Late night

Well, it's late into the night and I'm taking stock of the last few days. I don't think I reported that the chest tube had been taken out. That happened this afternoon. It was scarier than it was painful and I felt much better instantly. The epidural came out at the same time so now I'm on pain pills and not connected to anything. I'll probably go home Friday. Hard to believe it could be so soon.

So now here I am sitting in the hospital - stiff, sore, and slow moving with a very impressive incision on my back and minus two lobes of lung. This seems unreal. They say I should have plenty of lung left. I hope so. Now I just have to wait for the full biopsy results ro come in. No surprises are expected there but I'll feel better when I know for sure.

On the positive side, what an incredible experience this has been. Of course, I would have gladly skipped the whole thing but that wasn't one of the choices. Everyone here at the hospital has been very kind, capable and helpful. I came to the right place.

All right, off to sleep.