I saw this post on facebook morning and thought I would pass it on... one addition to this is that he didn't have to stay in surgery as long as he was supposed to. It was posted by Cyndi Stayton:
Update on dad: oh, Mylanta! We spoke to dad's neurosurgeon. He is positive he got 80-95% of the tumor. It was very invasive. It was the size of an orange. It was reaching to wrap around his right eye. It was down to his throat. Dr thinks he was able to save dad's vision in that eye. He thinks dad may have problems with language skills, too. There was no sign of stroke & he is hopeful there won't be one. Now there are 4 surgeons in the OR doing skin graphs, bone graphs, reconstruction. Dr said dad will most likely still be in surgery tomorrow at 6am. Mind you, surgery started at 758am today. That's almost 24 hrs! My poor dad & poor mom!