We'd just gotten back to St. Frannie's and barely turned on our computers when Jeff called me in the waiting room. They were able to use the da Vinci robot for part of the surgery, but because of the impressive amount of scar tissue and the sheer size of her ovary, it's going to go forward as open abdominal surgery as opposed to primarily laproscopic.
Now that the ovary is out, there's a 15 minute break during which the pathology tests are run, which will indicate the type of cancer present in her ovary, then dictate how much they need to do. At this point, we already know she's having a hysterectomy (uterus, ovaries, tubes, cervix), but they may also biopsy some surrounding areas and/or remove lymph nodes.
Stacy, the family liaison, just sat down with us in the waiting room and assured us that she keeps her eyes and ears out to make sure we get information as soon as possible, and further reassured me that I'll be at my mom's side as soon as possible!
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Just make sure that you and CoCo take care of yourselves as well...get some snoozes, foods and some of those new Reeses candy bars. Lovedad.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Babette and everyone up there with her. Hang in there. Love, Eric and Tasha.
Seriously? Did anyone ever have to tell Monica to make sure to find herself a snack? :) Hi, George.
Here we go again..... we just know that all is going to work out and the Hornes and Fraelicks are sending you lots of love and healing. Let's try and skip some of the complications this time though and just "Get 'er Done!"
Much love, Heather
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