Colin Loves Tractors » sedation

They’re In

Mom — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:01 +0000

Colin went down for surgery at around 7:00 am and I left him in the OR about 45 minutes later. We got a call from the OR nurse at around 8:45 saying that Dr. Boop had just “gone in.” An hour later, they pulled out the microscope. For Dr. Boop’s team, the real works begins. [...]

Trick or Treat

Mom — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:41:19 +0000

The children of St. Jude are now asleep, comatose in the aftermath of an orgy of candy consumption. Halloween is the biggest holiday here, bigger than Christmas (when the doctors presumably arrange for many of the patients to return home). This year’s celebration was toned down, presumably from infectious disease concerns; inpatients and outpatients were [...]

Morning Post-Op Recovery

Mom — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:34:26 +0000

Colin continues to do well post-operatively. As we have experienced in the past, he comes out of sedation very quickly, so they administered fentanyl in order to keep him quiet. However, the fentanyl is a longer-acting medication that is not ideal to have in his system when they try to extubate him.

Right now, they are [...]

Post-Surgical Review

Mom — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:34:32 +0000

Dr. Wisoff gave us a quick post-surgical report, even before surgery was over (Dr. Harter was overseeing the closing procedure). He was able to successfully remove 95 – 98% of the tumor, which is great news and significantly more than we had hoped for in Westchester.

There is a small bit of stubborn tumor left on [...]

Post-Surgical Update

Mom — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:01:26 +0000

This is the immediately post-operative update following Colin's first surgery and includes discussion of impending pathology, the installation of a subcutaneous port, and [...]