Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Surgery success

The surgery was a huge success.

We arrived at the hospital at 11:30 and got right into a room. This would be the room that we would wait in for about three hours. They were finally able to get her IV in, and she was pumped full of drugs.

While we waited the doctor came in to talk to us. He told us that all of her labs were normal. NORMAL!! That means that her liver is functioning at a completely normal level, a huge surprise. He briefly explained what he was going to do. It went something like this:

I (the coolest doctor ever) am going to go in through your main artery in your femur and I will go up into your liver. Then we will assess what is going on in there and place the chemotherapy right by the cancer. This will possibly be repeated on the other side of the liver in 5 weeks. Oh and did I mention how amazing I am? No really the first impression wasn't the best but she really does like him now. She said he is really nice.

They finally came and took her back. We expected the procedure to take 45 minutes because that is what she was told at some point. After a couple hours we started to panic a little and I went and asked someone if they knew how long this procedure takes. They looked it up and said 4 hours!

So we waited.

They finally called us and told us that she was out and in her room. We went and found her and she looked great. She was wide awake during the whole procedure and said it wasn't too bad. She did have to lay on the cold metal table for about an hour before they even started, so that is nasty!

She had great news. She said that the doctor got into her liver and said that there wasn't even very much cancer in there. Crazy! It was great news.

She had to stay in the hospital overnight because she needed to lay completely flat. If her artery opened up she would bleed out really quickly, so it was important that she didn't move.

Things look really good. She has this amazing body that just wants to heal, and an amazing spirit that just wants to fight. It is making for a great combination.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    I'm so glad to hear everything went well for your mom. She is amazing and you summed it up so well in your last paragraph. She loves her kids and is so proud of all of you. I'll check in with her in a few days and continue to watch for your updates.

    Pam Grayston

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