We sat in a corridor on Sunday near the theatre lifts waiting for Ben to return to the ward after three and a half hours in surgery. MD, Ben's 8yo brother, had gone to stand outside the lift to see him first. After a few minutes Ben’s trolley was trundling past us. We knew he was doing OK because as he passed us he stuck up his middle finger in the family salute which TC responded to in kind. We all laughed and his nurse said that he had asked her if he could fry up his spleen and gall bladder. This is his drugged state, and we confess that we like it. When the morphine kicks in he is happy and relaxed and funny. Oh, one more thing: AC thinks he can sell the spleen on Ebay. He is offering it at a bargain price on account of the cancer in it. And it really is a bargain he says, it's four times the size of a normal one. We’re not sure it will sell. Thanks for hanging in there with him.
LA
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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Thanks for the news! Very glad the operation went fine and Ben's in good spirits!
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Love to you all, Mercedes & kids (from Tuc-Arg)
Thanks for the news! Very glad the operation went fine and Ben's in good spirits!
ReplyDeleteHope AC can sell the spleen!!!
Love to you all, Mercedes & kids (from Tuc-Arg)
Thanks LA sounds like Benito is in good spirits.
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ReplyDeleteHope you get better soon.
We'll be thinking of you.
From Josh Glover
PS You were my leader at SUTS
hahaha. I love the family salute. Something i know so well. Great to hear that everything went well. Btw as a cook, a german cook, i'll come and fry that spleen up for ya. Goes great with sauerkraut!
ReplyDeleteCatchya soon benny, stanzy