UPDATE MIDDAY

tall doctor cameron with his gentle manner
and diamond stud in his left ear
surprisingly came out
to see me on the patio here at UCLA about
half hour ago,

the operation itself was going well
the tumor was peeling back from the lung nicely
but there is a problem in that tony's blood pressure
is very low
so low that it is not responding to epenepherine
or the other drugs and so low that the doctor did not want
to continue the operation.
so, they have closed tony back up
are keeping him sedated and intubated in the operating room
and are trying to figure out what the problem is.
it may be an allergic reaction to the drugs
in combination
they have no idea

we are in a holding pattern
they are trying to figure out the cause of the problem
before they proceed so they can fix it

it may mean that they will need to wait til the drugs wear off
to figure out what to do
and then go back in to finish the cancer operation when they know.

omigod.
love
stay tuned
s