Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Cancer Sucks-Part 2

I'm asking for prayers and positive thoughts today for my sister in law, Lisa.  She continues her battle again breast cancer today.  She will undergo a double mastectomy and have 20 lymph nodes removed sometime this morning.  Her attitude has remained positive and her chemo treatments have done the job the doctors hoped it would do to prepare for surgery.  It is still a difficult procedure, but her latest CT scan showed that the mass had shrunk and was not attached to the chest muscle which means the surgery will not be as extensive.

Lisa has continued to teach and head up her department at school and has continued with most, if not , all of everyday life activities.  Brian(my brother in law) has been a great support and has taken over housework, grocery shopping, and care for their 5 yr old son, Charles along with working full time.

My mother in law is with Lisa today and will be with her during her first part of this long recovery.  Brian is at home with Charles taking care of the home front.   We will get updates throughout the day.

Lisa's prognosis is good and we are all praying and hoping that with this procedure and a few more rounds of chemo and maybe radiation, that she will be cancer free.

Update-6:50pm
Lisa's surgery went well.  The lymph nodes were not enlarged, but they are going to check them anyway.  She was in recovery for a little over and hour and then moved to her own room.  As long as she is doing well, she will be discharged tomorrow and will return home Thursday.  As of now, she is sleeping and we are hoping that she and her mom can get some rest tonight.  We hope to talk to her soon, but for now want her to rest and start the recovery process.

Please pray for not only her physical recovery, but her emotional recovery.  And pray that with this procedure and the next round of chemo, the cancer will be gone and gone for good.

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