We spent the day in Salt Lake at the UoU Hospital. John was back for another ear surgery with Dr Patel, a specialist for cancer in the ear. This problem has been tackled before.
Some history:
There has still been itching and irritation in the bowl of his ear. The doctors decided to go after it again. Here’s the before:
We arrived early this morning, but ended up waiting all day for John’s turn. Gratefully he found some tennis on the TV in his private waiting room.
I bound a baby quilt Claire made for a friend and stitched while listening to an audio book.
Finally, this evening, they took John back for the surgery. They had a second specialist–a dermatologist doing the lab work in the room as they scraped out the skin, to be sure they found clean margins. They took another skin graft from John’s thigh to replace the skin they removed from the ear, then they packed his ear full of a bolster to hold the graft in place as it heals. This won’t be removed for 2 weeks.
We got home late this evening, stopping by Taco Amigo on the way so John could enjoy a fresh strawberry shake, his favorite. Let’s hope this is the last time this ear goes under the knife!
