Doctor Appointment

Mom had a follow up appointment with her surgeon yesterday and to hopefully remove the wound vac.  He was quite busy (sad!) and running late.  When they did come in, they attempted to remove the vac and mom is such a great healer that she actually started to attach to the sponge that was in the wound.  She was in quite a bit of pain as they removed that.  It took about an hour to get it all out and ready to be closed.  She did great though and made it through!  They were able to close the rest of the wound with steri-strips and a fabric sticker basically.  And they removed the remaining staples.  She is thankful for not having any staples left in and no more wound vac - so freeing!

The doctor told us that he discussed mom's case with other doctors at a tumor conference.  He told us that the group was split as to what kind of cancer it was but the treatment would still be the same.  He said that we will likely never really know exactly what kind, but he is calling it as he did after surgery - Uterine stage 1A and Ovarian stage 3C.  The other option was Epithelial stage 4 and we don't like that one.  But again, either way, it's treated the same - surgery and chemo.

We go see the chemo doctor here in Ogden on Monday to find out her treatment plan for that.  I will update you when we have more updates on when that will be for anyone hoping to come help.

Thank you to Jan for coming to pick up mom yesterday afternoon after her appointment, it was a huge help!
Please continue to keep mom in your prayers and thoughts.  She is doing great at recovery so far, making all milestones and walking a ton!  She walked down and around the corner at my house this morning already.  She is eating better and better too.  Her struggle right now is that she is feeling sad about being "sick" and still in recovery.  You don't have to know mom for long to know that she is a mover, so all this sitting around and not feeling well is getting her down a little.  Once she recovers from this, she will be hit with round after round of chemo and it will certainly test her strength.

Thank you everyone!