Progress update

It's been a few days since I last updated everyone so I'll run through the last couple of days now.

After such a good start on Monday, Tuesday was a bit more difficult.  Dad hardly slept at all on the Monday night and the swelling had started to come out much more on the Tuesday.  I don't think any of us had expected him to get worse, but he was clearly much more uncomfortable and wasn't able to move much at all.  He could just move his hand to write a few things down, but was really tired and not as lively as the day before.  The surgeons came round to see him and said that the swelling was a bit more than expected, but that it tends to be at its worse 24-48 hours after the operation.

The good news is that yesterday saw a massive improvement.  The swelling has gone down a lot overnight and although he didn't sleep very well again, he was a bit more comfortable and more chipper - some of the jokes were back, which was great to see.  He was also able to get out of bed for 2 hours, sitting (and sleeping) in the chair next to his bed.  Dan came up from Essex to see him, which really seemed to cheer him up.  He's got a TV card now and we left him watching the Arsenal match at 8.30pm last night.

We're going to be leaving today (mum's staying an extra day) to go to Dan's wedding.  It's a real shame dad can't make it, but the important thing is that the tumour is out and he's getting better.  Hopefully the Skype will work for Saturday!  I think dad might be back on here soon to update himself, but I'll talk to mum tonight and add something based on how he is today.

Thanks to everyone for the messages of support.

Simon  xxx