Finished!

Sorry it's taken me so long to update - I know many of you have been waiting for a newer report.  Last night was definitely not one of the more fun nights of our life.  It was pretty miserable there for a few hours as soon as Scott came up from recovery to his room.  But, I'll start at the beginning.
Surgery took longer than we had anticipated - start to finish was about 7 hours (they had booked the OR suite for four hours).  Dr. Moley came out and talked to us around 3:00 when they were almost done and said it went well.  When they were in surgery he said that Scott's right vocal nerve was not working, but by the time he got to recovery it seemed to be fine as he was talking there telling his nurse, "Can I please have some Ice?  I promise I'll be a good boy" repeatedly.
When Scott got up to his room from recovery was when the day really got rough.  He was in so much pain.  The nurses somewhat blew it off at first as he had just been transferred, but as his blood pressure kept climbing as well as his pulse, they finally started taking us seriously.  They finally called the resident after his blood pressure got up to the 180's/100's (his normal is down around 100/60) and I asked them to get someone else.  Thus ensued the process which took much longer than it should have to get him a PCA pump. He got to the room around 6:00pm and finally around 9:00 his pain level went from an 11 down to a 6 and finally to almost nothing as the night went on.  He still has quite a bit of discomfort with swallowing and moving his neck, but it's not the constant intense pain he was going through at first.  I spent the night with him and they were able to give me an extra bed which was so nice.  We were up and down all night with lab draws, vitals, IV fluids, etc but around 3:15am Scott's hunger got the best of him and he decided he was ready to swallow some mashed potatoes.  He also checked his email (it was hilarious to watch him try and focus in his drugged state) and we discovered that he passed Step III Boards!!!!!!!!!!!!
This morning when the residents rounded they said we'll probably be here another night.  Hopefully we can transition to pain meds by mouth only and get rid of the PCA by tonight.
It has been so nice having Scott's family here and Abby.  I'd be rather lost without them for support I think.  Thank you all so much for your encouragement on Facebook and for the love and prayers you've been sending our way.