700 size? that makes more sense

Great relief here in the Columbia-Presby waiting room to hear Linda is out of surgery. Dr. Caruana, her surgeon, tells me it went well.

The ultrasound had led him to expect a thing on her parathyroid of size 200-something (units? um...). Since 200ish size is pretty small to be causing her chemicals (um...) to be where they are, he had hypothesized that he might have to remove the whole parathyroid. But actually, the thing was 700-something sized, which perfectly explained the chemical levels. So he took the 700-sized thing out, and they waited to watch her chemicals. The chemicals then went down from 275(ish) to 23 (ish). So, he concluded, "She's cured."

I am going to visit her in recovery shortly. Caruana says they'll keep her to observe her for a couple of hours, and provided there are no ill-effects (with her general health, not the throat), they intend to send her home. I'll be here waiting. 

Sorry for the lack of correct vocabulary, but hopefully you get the gist.