Kathy in Her Room

 

This is Kathy when she just got in her work last night (5/1).  For some reason blogspot was not letting me post last night.

I was so impressed, and relieved to see how great she looked, just 90 minutes after her surgery which was much longer than anticipated.  Today (6/1) at 2PM we're meeting with  Dr Letson and the entire team to assess, review the protocol until we get the results from the pathology in 2 weeks.

- p a u l

Recovery Room

MCC - Tampa - 9:45 PM EST
What was suppose to take less than an hour took ... longer ... loosing track of time here.

Second team came out of the O.R. to brief.  The reconstruction went really well. So happy!
Kathy in is the recovery ward and I am waiting for the nurse to come and get me.

Again, I will keep updating this blog until we get her to her room. So poor another glass, I'll be back.

Thanks for the support guys!

- p a u l

Surgery Almost Done

Moffitt Cancer Center - Tampa - 8PM EST.

The surgery is wrapping up.  Should be done within the hour.  Dr Letson came out to update me on the success of the surgery while his partner is finishing up.

But she is fine I was assured. So she is safe and confident she is receiving the best medical care by
an amazing medical team lead by Dr Letson.

I will post another update when she is safe tucked in her room.

- p a u l

Kathy off to Surgery

Moffitt Cancer Center - Tampa - 4:15PM EST

The surgery was delayed but everything is working according to plan. We had a great pre-op meeting with Dr. Letson.  The entire team here worked really well at making her comfortable and ready.

My dear wife wanted to leave everyone today with a wink and a smile and say: "I will see everyone soon!"
She would like everyone to have a good evening, have a cocktail or something and not to worry, that everything will be just fine (sounds like someone you know?).

And now she just went - for her next journey.

I will update as soon as I have more.

- p a u l

Drum roll...

I have the surgery time confirmed by Moffitt and it will be at 1:45 pm tomorrow.  If all goes well, I should be in
recovery around 5:30, so at that point Paul will be taking over my blog to keep everyone informed as to how things went and are going.  He is planning on staying in my room tomorrow night to comfort and protect me.
He is a keeper ;)

Standing vigil

I am awake at 3am standing vigil over myself to see how I am truly handling all that is soon to come.  Surprisingly, as I stand this watch, I can feel the strength of the deep seated instinctive desire that is in me to make the good fight.
As my hands begin tightening up on the reins I realize that I have become the warrior and I am ready for battle and victory!

Keeping on track

With the last of the New Year's celebrations and reflections in my rear view mirror, I am looking ahead to Wednesday.  It is going to be a bit daunting to pull all of my courage and common sense together so I
can go under the anesthesia with a sense of calm resolve and hope for much better days to come.
I know this is a true hero's journey that only I can make.  My strength rests in knowing that so many friends
I love are there for me, cheering me on to make the good fight.  My amazing husband and "wing man", Paul
will be my protector, keep me standing when I stumble (certain to be a lot of that) so I will be able to cross the finish line victorious, enlightened and forever changed as a result.  I guess my big adventure will also become one of my biggest lessons....the school of life keeps giving us those flipping pop quiz tests just to see if you have been paying attention!