Sentinel Node Surgery

My sister Karen drove me to the UNC Ambulatory Care Center at 6:00 for the surgery to remove the first 3 sentinel lymph nodes on the my left side.  The assisting nurse told me Dr. Ollila had been her surgeon and that he is "brilliant" and "a wonderful family man."  This gave me a lot of confidence, especially because it was the very first time I had ever been fully sedated for general surgery in my life.  The surgery went fine and Karen took good care of me at home until she was confident I was okay.