Well, my picture of stent size got mutated...21/2 inches long  and about 3/4 inches wide in the middle...kind of a center offset half circle each...and 1/8th inch wide of hard plastic.

post surgery

Bill  is doing Wonderfully.  Surgery was an hour shorter than expected.  The doctors were impressed at how well it went.  They don"t know that they were fasted and prayed for along with Bill !  There has been NO bruising, bleeding, etc...  besides the expected nasal / throat issues.  Today he can feel the swelling inside has gone down.  It is hard to do nothing when there is no problem to see or feel !  He calls the neurosurgeon tomorrow to see if he goes back to work Monday...if he feels he should...When they took the stents out of his nostrils it was weird to see how big they were !---------------------------------------About this size..
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When they took those out they also took out the stitches inside his nose.
     We are so thankful he did not have to have a lumbar drain at the base of his spine.  They did not nick the wrong things in there obviously !!