"Give it your best shot"

He's under the knife!  Dad went into surgery around 1:00 and we are waiting for a report.
For those that don't know about Dad, I will try to give the low-down. Dad was having a lot of pain and discomfort in mid October.  He saw several doctors and was finally referred to Dr. Hamilton at the University of Utah. It was concluded at his appointment with him that a mass in his left kidney was most likely cancer. They were also looking at a spot in his bladder. The mass in the kidney is large enough that they scheduled Dad for surgery to remove the whole kidney.
So here we are at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. We spoke with the Dr this morning and had a few questions answered. Let's see if I can recap.
-Dads right kidney is looking good. There had been talk of some kind of "stone" on it but the Dr says it is just a cyst that is not unique to someone Dad's age. (Who knew that we all could get kidney cysts.)  But right side is a go!
-So far it looks like removing the kidney will take care of things. The Dr feels like it won't be necessary to do chemotherapy or radiation unless the cancer has spread to his bladder.  
-Dad will likely not have any lasting effects or even notice he is down a kidney.
-He will be here at the hospital for probably 3 days. Mom is staying at the guest house down the street. They have a shuttle to get her back and forth.
-Mom is ok and a bit impatient. She is ready to have this week behind them for sure.
-Dads oxygen and heart are being monitored closely. They are obviously very cautious.
We will be updating as we hear. Please comment any other questions you may have as this is our crazy effort to keep everyone in the know.
Thanks for thinking of us- Becky
3:15 update- They scoped the kidney and decided to go ahead and remove the kidney. As we spoke with the surgical nurses, I told them to sing to Dad. I said he would love it.  They turned some music on for him and he relaxed considerably.   We are planning on a long afternoon as they said it would be about 2 hours until the next update. He is stable and doing well so far. -Becky