Surgery update

Wednesday July 11th 6:30 am Arrival at hospital 7:00 am admitted to pre-op 8:00 am moved to surgery floor and final conference with doctors in preparation for surgery 9:00 am Leticia taken back to operating room. 12:00 pm first update from nurse: everything is proceeding according to plan and transplant of tissue from stomach will begin now. Dr. Ledoux is so good at explaining everything to us that he puts you at ease very easily. This kind of surgery is known as DIEP and is considered a transplant surgery as live tissue is moved from one site to another. The time consuming portion of the surgery is that it is also a micro vascular surgery. All blood vessels will be connected to ensure that the tissue has proper blood flow and will survive. More updates to follow.