Surgery Schedule Update

All of the final tests have been completed, and Mom's surgery is scheduled for March 3rd. We will be arriving at the hospital at 7:30 AM. She will be the first surgery of the day for Dr. Jalovec. They plan to keep Mom overnight on Monday and Tuesday, and release her Wednesday. As I mentioned in previous posts, the procedure will be a bi-lateral mastectomy with removal of a section of lymph nodes under her left arm. We are anxiously awaiting the surgery as this will be another step of the journey that will be behind us.

For those of you following my Aunt Kathy's fight down in Dallas, her journey took a bit of an unexpected direction this week. She has visited two oncologists since the day of her surgery, and on their recommendation is starting chemotherapy on Monday. She was a borderline candidate for chemotherapy, but after much discussion with peers, her oncologist decided the the positives outweighed the negatives for the chemotherapy. This will increase her odds of not having to deal with this again. Her treatments will be every three weeks for a total of four treatments. She is a very strong woman, and will no doubt handle this speed bump with grace.

I will attempt to keep everyone informed as we go into the surgery. I plan on bringing my laptop to the hospital to post updates, but am unsure at this point if I will have internet access. If at all possible I will make several post during the day. As always, thank you all for your support.