And We're Out

Sorry sorry sorry for the delay, but I JUST heard from the surgeons- blame it on the ureter! It was so heavily implanted in the surrounding musculature that it was a "painstakingly slow" process to remove it without damaging surrounding tissues and vasculature (arteries & veins), according to Dr. K. The kidney, section of the bladder, and lymph nodes came out without problem, it was just the ureter that was giving her problems. She was probably under anesthesia for about 10 hours. YIKES! But she handled it very well, and should be brought up to her room on the floor after a few hours in the recovery room. I don't know if Claude and I will be able to sneak a visit this evening once she's awake, but you better believe we'll be there first thing tomorrow morning!

Everything looked good to the naked eye, but we won't have the pathology reports back till next Monday.

Recovery might be a bit slower than they expected because of the intricacy required to detach the ureter, and she may be in the hospital till Friday even, but we'll have a better sense of that in the days to come.

If people can avoid calling her room at St. Francis until further notice, it would be greatly appreciated. Once she's got a bit more energy to spare and gives me the okay to accept phone calls, I will certainly let everyone know how to contact her.

Tonight and tomorrow will be particularly long for her, so keep the good thoughts and prayers a-comin'!

As soon as I hear something, you'll all be the first to know!