Afternoon Update

Phil is still doing great. His sister, Susan, and his Mom are visiting him right now. He ate all of his lunch, and is keeping up with the pain meds.

His "headaches" fluctuate from a lot of pain, to tolerable pain. Other then that he is resting as much as he can. Tomorrow they will come and do a physical therapy assessment.

Nothing new, no changes, just wanted to update you all.

Noon Update

We talked to the nurse practitioner that works with Phil's neurosurgeon. She talked to the doctor personally, and he said it is very slow going. The tumor is wrapped up in a lot of veins, and it is very bloody. They will work at one part of the tumor, then stop and wait for the bleeding to stop, then start again. So it is going to take a while to remove what they can. They are thinking it will at least be 4 or 5pm tonight when they will be finished. Phil is doing great so far, and has remained stable through the whole thing.

Keep praying for wisdom for the doctors and nurses in there with Phil, and for endurance!