News From the Surgeon

1:10 p.m.

The surgeon came out about 10 min ago to see me. She made it well through his (masectomy) portion of the operation, the plastic surgeon is now working on the reconstruction.

Overall, the surgeon said it went well with very little blood loss. He intially took out four lymph nodes, two of which tested positive, so he had to go back in and take out some more for further testing. He said this downgrades the cancer from a Stage 2 to a Stage 3. Although the other tests didn't find the presence of cancer anywhere else in her body, the fact that it was in her lymph nodes means that they're going to have to use a stronger and more aggressive chemotherapy.

He said that she may be released tomorrow, if she recovers well, but may need to stay an extra day or two because the surgery was so extensive.

I'll post more as I learn more.