Surgery Appt.

After meeting with the Surgeon today at Kaiser, it seems like the surgery coming up will not be as bad as we feared.
Let's back up:
4 weeks ago, when the Dr Fong looked at Dianes throat, (it was 2 days after her tonsillectomy), and he saw very sore tissue, all swollen from her tonsil being taken out. It was hard to tell what was swollen or the cancer at that point. He told us about the proposed surgery, a procedure where they split open the jaw by cutting open the skin from the bottom lip to the chin. Then if they cut out so much tissue inside the mouth, (they can't leave a big gaping hole there), they borrow living tissue from the inside wrist and attach it to the hole in the mouth by connecting the blood vessels to it. And then they take skin from the leg to patch the hole in the wrist! YEOOWWZY. This was on our minds for 4 weeks.
But today... The Doctor looked inside Dianes mouth with a camera (we saw it on the monitor!) and he was very impressed with the recovery from the tonsillectomy. Her tissue looks good, and all the swelling has gone down. He doubts they have to split open the jaw, YEAYYY ! and perhaps not even having to do the "radial patch" where they transplant the tissue from the arm.

Surgery is expected to be around the 1st week of August, with a recovery time in the hospital of 3 days to 10 days, depending on what they find inside her mouth.