Dad's surgery

My dad had his surgery today at Abbott Northwestern. He had a neck dissection to remove a cancerous tumor. The surgery went well. It took about 7 hours and went as expected. They cut open the neck from back by his ear down to his chin and up the lip, then removed that half of the jaw too. They then cut out all the tumor and part of the tonsil where the cancer started last time. They sent that to pathology to make sure they got all of it then the plastic surgeon came in and removed skin grafts from his forearm and thigh to fill in the tissue that they removed. They put the jaw back on and then stitched him all up. He is in the ICU for the next couple of days. He has a trach and a feeding tube so his throat can rest. He is alert and in some pain, but they're keeping up on the pain meds. He isn't able to talk right now, so we got him a whiteboard to write stuff down. He will probably be in the hospital for up to 10 days, depending on how his recovery goes. He may go home with the feeding tube if he can get the trach out and is stable before the 10 days. We're going to just play it day by day and see how he's doing. All your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.