Michael had a much better night last night than he has in a while. He’s up moving around this morning and has been walking every hour or so. In fact, we were tooling through the hallway a little bit ago and I stopped to talk to a nurse. When I turned around, Michael had sped around the corner and was gone. He left me in the dust!

The doctors just left and had all good things to say. For anyone worried about the clot, this may help ease your mind. Clots after surgery are definitely a concern for anyone but because so many of the veins around the tumor were already used to clots and other trouble before the surgery, this clot doesn’t have the same level of gravity that it might in someone else. They are watching and treating it, of course, but reinforced today that this isn’t a situation they — or Michael — can’t handle. 

His vitals are back to be nice and strong, and his bloodwork is looking good. The next couple of days will be all about monitoring labs and bloodwork, and trying to get rest. 

I’ll be back tonight with an evening update. ❤️