Update

It is now 6:45pm (almost 12 hours later). We just spoke with Dr. Roser, the oral surgeon. They are still finishing up in the operating room, but everything went well - as expected. There were no surprises which is good news. We do not know anything else at this time. The doctor said that time will tell as far as the speaking and eating are concerned. 

One cool thing to note - the doctors used a virtual surgery software to work together and plan each cut, etc of the surgery beforehand. This is the first time the software has been used at this hospital. If we understood correctly, it is only the second time it has ever been used! Evidently it really helped make a tight fit on all the connections of the bones for the reconstruction. Fascinating! 

More later.