Surgery Day

Well today was the "Big" day as we like to say in our family.  This morning my mom went in for her surgery bright and early! :)  Her surgery had been pushed back a few hours so she really did not get into the operating room until 9:15 or so with the surgery to actually start around 9:30 am.  My mom was very comforted by all of her doctors that she saw before surgery and especially her Anaesthesiologist who specializes in cardiology care and surgeries who will be able to monitor her very closely during the surgery since her heart is still in A Fib.

Her surgeon came out into the waiting room around 11:40 am and tried to go somewhere private to speak to us but there really was not a room available.  In the waiting area he proceeds to tell us how her surgery went.  The surgery went very well.  They removed both ovaries, tubes and the uterus as well as the tumors that she had in that area as well.  The left ovary ended up having cancer on it as well as the largest tumor but the other ovary and tumors seemed to be o.k. at that point.  They also found cancerous cells on the outer wall of the colon but the cancer had not spread into the interior wall of the colon which means that they did not have to remove any of her colon.  They were able to scrape off the cancerous cells that they saw.  They also drained over a liter of fluid from her stomach and abdomen area and removed the entire omentium.  Due to the cancer they found, she will need to undergo chemo treatment and we will know more of the information on that as it gets closer to her release time from the hospital.  They placed a port into her abdomen for her to receive her chemo and they will place the 2nd port in her chest at a later time.  They are thinking that she is in stage 2 right now but will know more once the test results are back on the omentium and then depending on what that contains it might go into stage 3.  It really will not affect the course of my moms treatment either way.  It is just good to know where the cancer is in her body right now.

Her doctors seem to be very confident that she will completely recover from the surgery and her chemo and whatever else they decide to have her do.  Her outcome is very good at this point.  Her heart held up beautifully during her surgery and gave her no problem at all this first day.  The Dr.'s are concerned that she is still in A Fib and they are monitoring everything very closely on her heart at this point.  

She has a wonderful group of nurses at the hospital as well as her Dr.'s that will be taking care of her during this entire process.  She feels very blessed to have such wonderful care!!!

Thank you SO much for all of your prayers and concern.  You have all been wonderful!!

-Jennie