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Congratulations Carole and Ted. Keep up the fight you're alot more than half-way home (quite literally for Ted). Charlie "Carole K. Menser" wrote: > No tumor. The doctor removed the puss from the abscess. Thank you once > again everybody. Your support has made such a difference. Ted came through > the surgery in a shorter time (4 hours) and with flying colors. Thank God. > He came out of the anesthesia quickly and was talkative and moving > everything. Except for the Parkinson's (understatement) he has been in good > health and has never had any surgeries. We definitely recommend starting > with something besides brain surgery for your first. (LOL) Monday they > will insert a permanent line under his collar bone as he will be on > antibiotics (3) for three months. He will have another MRI today and > periodically to monitor his progress. I'm headed back to ICU in a few > minutes. He has had breakfast and is waiting for me to arrive. The nurse > and I laughed and said, "Gee, just a little sleep will do." :-) > > Of course, he isn't out of the woods just yet. But it looks hopeful. We'll > report in later. > > Carole and Ted (looking rather like he has been run over by a Mack truck) -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************