February 2, 2024
Surgery-10:30
Dr. N came out and sat down next to me. I am sitting right at the door where the surgeons leave. My first thought when I saw him out of the corner of my eye was it is too early. It wasn’t. He is just good. David was still getting finished up but he wanted to come out and let me know. Just like they do at the real hospital on Grey’s Anatomy. (Oooh, actually, he could be our Mc surgeon. Now I need to think of his Grey’s name. Ooooh again, all of the doctors need Mc names!!! Why haven’t I thought of this) He said “I have pictures for you, turn on your AirDrop”. I know how to do stuff but somethings I have to think about. I totally went blank and was like isn’t it on already? He says “nooo you have to do it”. I said David usually does that for me when I don’t remember things. I gave him my phone and said you do it. So he did. And that is what I look for in a surgeon. One that will come out to tell me what is what and sit and talk to me like I am an old friend while taking my phone and turning on my AirDrop to share bloody pictures from inside my husband with me. So he goes over the interesting but grizzly photos and says that he was able to remove both tumors and showed them to me. (In pictures. he didn’t have them in his pocket or anything).
During surgery, David lost 900 ml of blood during the repair to the hepatic vein near to where the liver segment was removed. He was given a transfusion of two units of blood during surgery. Dr. N explained that blood loss in this area is expected as it is a blood filled area. There are 11 sutures in the right hepatic vein and the right inferior hepatic vein inside his liver. It was a successful surgery for removing the two masses. Both masses and the liver segment, were sent to pathology for testing. An intra-operative ultrasound was performed and no other issues were visible at the time. David’s gall bladder was also removed as is the case in surgeries like this.