The tumor is out

Remington is done with surgery. It took 8 hours , but he is finally done. They took 4 ribs as well as a part of his left lung where the tumor had grown into the lung lining. Remi now has a spot that is 8cm by 12cm that is missing the ribs and muscle. The mass they removed was roughly the size of a deck of cards. Right now he is still sedated and has tubes running out of him all over the place. (He has 2 IV lines, 2 drain tubes running from his chest cavity, 2 drain tubes running from his incision site, a breathing tube, as well as 2 tubes running up his nose and down into his stomach.) He actually looks a little like a Borg from Star Trek.
The doctors are going to keep him asleep tonight and slowly turn down the machine that is breathing for him. That way his body will take over breathing and they can remove the tube tomorrow sometime. He will then spend another day in ICU. After that it is back to the 4th floor as long as there are no complications and Remington cooperates with the therapists. We will post any news in the next day or so. Thank you.