William Cavanaugh surgery UPDATE 1/2

[pastorbill1952]

Many of you know that William will be undergoing surgery tomorrow, (scheduled for 8AM) to remove a portion of his lung due to a tumor. I am certain that he and his wife Nancy, (who just returned from Kuwait in Nov) will appreciate your prayers. Will try to keep everyone posted as soon as I hear.

JUST RECIEVED THIS FROM NANCY
William was in surgery for about 5 hours and is now out and in ICU and doing fine. He is on a lot of medication and feeling no pain which is what the doctor wants. We only stayed with him for about 15 minutes before he got tired and we had to leave. He is flirting with the nurses and asking for football on the tv so he is doing well. They only had to remove the upper lob and not the whole lung which is a good thing. Everything was sent to pathology to be biopsy and we will get the results in a couple of days. When he gets moved to a room I will send out his address and room number. They expect him to be in the hospital anywhere from 4 to 7 days. Thank you all for being concerned, I know he really appreciates it and so do I. I will keep in touch.
Nancy

 

[jbyrd24]

William, you are most definitely in my prayers.

 

[Easysport]

William, We Pray for you and yours.

 

[JimGo]

Pastor, thanks for the reminder. William, best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. I'm sure with Nancy by your side, you'll get excellent care!

 

[swm6500]

William will definitely be in our thoughts and prayers. Glad that Nancy is there to take care of him.

 

[jwoodwright]

William will be added to Our Prayers as well. Hoping for a safe speedy recovery.

 

[Dario]

William...we will pray for you too. Keep us posted of your recovery.

 

[Ron Mc]

William,
My family will pray for a speedy recovery for you. We will also pray that the surgeon's are given all of the wisdom that is needed.

 

[airrat]

Heres to a speedy recovery William. Glad your wife can be by you at this time. Let us know how it goes asap.

 

[Ligget]

Wishing you a VERY speedy recovery William![]

 

[Rudy Vey]

William, you will be definately in Wendy and my thougths today for your surgery and for the future we wish you a very speedy recovery and hope that everything will be ok with you!!
Rudy

 

[MDWine]

William, my prayers and wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

 

[tseger]

William, I am praying for you and your wife. God will take care of both of you.

 

[ashaw]

William
You and your wife are in our prayers. Get better soon.

 

[DCBluesman]

UPDATE FROM NANCY CAVANAUGH:

Hello Everyone,
William was in surgery for about 5 hours and is now out and in ICU and doing fine. He is on a lot of medication and feeling no pain which is what the doctor wants. We only stayed with him for about 15 minutes before he got tired and we had to leave. He is flirting with the nurses and asking for football on the tv so he is doing well. They only had to remove the upper lob and not the whole lung which is a good thing. Everything was sent to pathology to be biopsy and we will get the results in a couple of days. When he gets moved to a room I will send out his address and room number. They expect him to be in the hospital anywhere from 4 to 7 days. Thank you all for being concerned, I know he really appreciates it and so do I. I will keep in touch.
Nancy

 

[woodwish]

Thanks for the update, sounds like good news considering the seriousness of the surgery. Nancy and William will continue to be in our prayers.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Just recieved this so wanted to post it.
To All,
William is doing very well. He is sitting up in a chair and they have him walking the hall three times a day. He likes the food and can eat anything he wants. I haven't heard when they are going to move him into a room. Maybe we will get an idea tomorrow. I printed out your emails and took them to the hospital for him to read. I'll let you know more when I find out. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
Nancy

 

[Texas Taco]

Originally posted by pastorbill1952
<br /> He likes the food

Oh God, it's worse than we thought!

All jokes aside, get well quick. The Lord has it all in His hands.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Here is Thursday's update. Notice that Nancy takes copies of all emails, etc to William. So w/ over 2K members, we could really do some damage [}]
<b>To All,
William continues to get stronger. He is walking 4 times a day up and down the hall. He is doing everything the doctors and nurses tell him. He says so he can get home faster. The following information is concerning contacting him.
Flowers and Balloons: Patients in the CVSU may not have fresh flowers in their rooms until 48 hours after surgery. Silk flower arrangements are permitted. Plants with soil or live fish are NOT allowed. Latex balloons are NOT allowed, however, mylar balloons are.
His address is as follows: Williamsport Hospital 777 Rural Ave Williamsport, PA 17701 Room 283 CVSU. He would love to get cards and pictures of pens (I'm sure). The doctor has not said how much longer he will be in the hospital but as soon as I find out I will let everyone know.
I take everyone's emails over to him daily to read to him so please keep sending.
Nancy
</b>

 

[gerryr]

Sounds like pretty good news.

 

[Easysport]

Keep up the good work William. You tough as nails.[]

 

[jbyrd24]

Please let William know we are all praying for him.[]
I hope he recovers quickly.

 

[woodwish]

I read the list of what's allowed and what's not. Appears that organic stuff is a no-no but inorganic is OK, so let's send him a mini-lathe and some acyrlic pens to turn instead of wood. Should be OK?

William, you are still in our prayers but as you get better the nursing staff will probably require more of our prayer time []

 

[PenWorks]

Yea, I just bought him a nice floral arrangement with Latex ballons with a cute little gold fish swimming inside the balloon. I guess I'll keep it []

Get well and get out-a-there William ! []

 

[pastorbill1952]

Latest update 12/31
Just called Nancy about William to get an update. She is extrememly tired of course, the hospital is a good distance from their house (across 2 mountains) and they had snow.

William was not having a good day today. DRs thought he might come home tomorrow but the drainage is not clear enough yet. ALso the pain meds are causing some probs. The are hoping for Monday or Tuesday to be discharged. Continue to pray for his recuperation.

Nancy was running a network wire to the bedroom so William can use the laptop when he gets home.

 

[airrat]

Nancy forget the network wire. Get an extension cord for the lathe and a way to pick up the wood chips.

Glad to hear its going "well". Pain meds suck lol either toooooooooooooooooOOOOOOooOOOoOOoOOOOOO good or not good enough.

Hurry home William so your wife can get some rest.

 

[TomServo]

Originally posted by pastorbill1952
<br />Just recieved this so wanted to post it.
To All,
William is doing very well. He is sitting up in a chair and they have him walking the hall three times a day. He likes the food and can eat anything he wants. I haven't heard when they are going to move him into a room. Maybe we will get an idea tomorrow. I printed out your emails and took them to the hospital for him to read. I'll let you know more when I find out. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
Nancy

Take him a beer for me!

 

[pastorbill1952]

This came this AM which is better than my attempts to explain.
To All,
They took out Williams' epidural and the other machine he had to help with pain management so things are not going as well as the first few days after surgery. He is trying to keep his spirits up but has some down times too. The doctor thought him might be able to come home today but it is not looking that way. Maybe tomorrow. He is ready to get out of there although he says everyone there has been wonderful taking care of him. I will spend most of the day there today and will let you know how he is doing.
Happy New Year!

 

[Easysport]

We continue to Pray for William and his family. Just hang in there guy.

 

[pastorbill1952]

THi All,

I am home, and that is great. My strength and energy are not great at the moment, so personal emails and answers will have to wait a few days. Anyway, I am on Percocet so my typing skills are not up to par. Thanks to all for your notes of support to Nancy. She had a tough job the last several days, part of which is fuzzy for me.

Thanks again,

William
HE LATEST NEWS

 

[angboy]

William- great to know that you're home and to see you back here. I hope your recovery is speedy and as comfortable as possible!

 

[ashaw]

William
Great to hear you are at home. Get plenty of rest...

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Great that you are home William! My prayers are for your continued improvement. We'll look forward to your return to 'full time poster'(not under the influence of drugs)!

 

[Dario]

Great news! I am happy that you are getting better everyday! Don't worry, there are lots of people praying for you [].

Your get well present will have to wait until you are really well. Drop me a note when you can turn again...this way you have more to look forward to after recovery [].

 

[Old Griz]

Actually, I believe he fought the doctors to get home early..... something to do with forum members offering to help Nancy inventory his wood supply... Now, I don't know who near him would have made that offer.... but it was suggested... [}][}][}]

Glad you are home William....




And BTW Nancy... that offer still stands... [][]

 

[Dario]

Griz,

I can't blame William, I'll probably do the same. What an incentive to get home early! LOL