good update.

At 11:45am I was just told that "the patient's vitals are good and they just started on the neck dissection part of the surgery". This is good news and appears to me that they are right on schedule. They were removing the primary mass first (tonsil area) using the Steiner Scope and then it took some time to change equipment before they started on the lymph node neck dissection. Dr. Haughey will make an incision on the left side of Mike's neck and carefully remove the affected lymph nodes. This is very time-consuming as Dr. Haughey is working around nerves and arteries. I was thinking it was time to hear something! They give you a little buzzing pager and it is so stressful when it starts vibrating & flashing, even though you know it brings updates of your loved one. For a bit of trivia to ease the surgery stress, Dr. Haughey does Whitney Houston's tonsil work and the President of Pakistan has flown in for Bruce to work on him.