Success

Thank you for your prayers and comments! The doctor was said he had "just enough skin" to be able to remove all of the mole. The surgery was just over 1-1/2 hours long, but we were there from 6:30-1 until he was fully awake with all the anastasia gone. Has a drainage tube in his head to prevent the swelling that happened last time. The netting over his head keeps falling off so we are like hawks watching him to put it back on. If the net falls off or his grabs it off he could pull out the tube, and that could be painful. Monday we go back in to remove the tube.

During the night when we can't watch him full time they have us putting stints on his arms so they don't bend. It was a rough night, the netting still fell off...

This photo was taken about an hour after surgery. After this cat nap Nick woke to his old self and was playing peek-a-boo around the arm of the chair. Mom's smile is that one of relief.
PS. This is the only chance Mom ever gets to cuddle with him. Otherwise he's on the move.