Hello!!

This is Allison posting for Rick and I have great news!  The doctor said that the surgery could not have gone better and that they were able to get the tumor out. The margins were negative and there are no signs of cancer anywhere. He did have to remove about 80% of his pancreas, his spleen and a few other things to make the digestive connections all work correctly but this was all planned.

Rick is still in the OR and will be moved into ICU for close observation over the weekend. He is expected to be here 7-10 days and my guess is no visitors for the first few as they already warned us that the initial recovery will be tough. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind thoughts. It looks like they all helped!!

You are welcome to text me and I can read it to Rick as his phone is off - for the first time ever.

Allison
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