John's surgery went well.  The surgeon had said there was a chance he could take out a section of the lobe instead of the whole lobe however once he saw where the tumor was he went with the whole lobe saying John's breathing was already top notch so he wasn't worried about the negative impact.  

Post surgery was miserable, between feeling panicked about various sensations, being confused from opiates and having pain he was very out of sorts.  He is doing breathing exercises every 2-4 hours depending on the machine.  They are all designed to keep the lungs expanded, to get rid of secretions and to keep down infection.  Hopefully he does not go home with any of this equipment...and with the chest tube removed,

This morning John is much better, sitting in a chair, several lidocaine patches on this chest which may or may not help for pain but worth a try, has eaten breakfast and is regaling the nurses with long stories.  Even  the housekeeper just heard about the day he w ent to a Badger game and picked up trash :) 

UW has one visitor per day, I will be here today and Annelies tomorrow. Discharge depends on the chest tube drainage it seems.

Thanks for all your support!