all in a day's (and night's) work.

On the Tuesday night before we left the hospital, we were privy to our doctors schedule because we knew they would stop by our hospital floor after finishing in the operating room. On this particular day (and night) Dr. Haughey and his team started a surgical procedure at 7:30am and finished it at 9:30pm. Really! A 14 hour procedure. It was actually scheduled until midnight but finished at 9:30pm and the resident & intern docs were up to the hospital floor by 10:30pm. Amazing. In some of Dr. Haughey's more complicated surgeries like this, he takes tissue (including nerves) from another part of the body and graphs it into the reconstructed head & neck area. He actually re-sews the individual arteries and nerves back together, which is why the surgeries take so long. We stand amazed at his skilled and loving care. We stand amazed that in God's good Providence our journey took us here to him. And we also understand why on our pre-op visit to his office Bruce said "We can take care of this. It is what I do all day... and night." We get that now.