Biopsy Surgery Update
To update everyone with today, Kelly’s surgery went well. She handled it like the amazing child we have all come to know she is. Because Kelly needed to have a tube put down her throat for the anesthesia and her front tooth was loose she received a surprise when she woke up. Her tooth fell out and the tooth fairy visited her in the operating room. Actually the Anesthesiologist had to remove her tooth so it would not go down her throat durning the surgery, but for Kelly we will stick with the original story. The “tooth fairy” actually left her $1.00 for her tooth for when she woke up. I gave the Anesthesiologist a hard time and said with the type of money he makes and a house in Winnentka the “tooth fairy” could have left a little more. We have had this Anesthesiologist in the past and have a great relationship with him and he is always fun to joke around with. That’s one thing for sure I can say about this hospital is that their staff is hands down the best. They take care of the family, not just the patient. Anyways, as far as the biopsy goes, it goes like everything else has on this journey. The Dr. could only get a small sample of the tissue and did not want to waste it on a frozen biopsy on the table. So we will not have an answer until Thursday at the earliest. The surgeon did tell Gary and I that the tissue was very tough to cut through. Tumor tissue is usually very soft and scar tissue is usually very tough. Not enough information to give a medical diagnosis, but enough give Gary and I that little extra hope we will need until the final results come on Thursday. As I write this e-mail Kelly is sitting in her bed eating pancakes and sausage drinking milk and watching Madagascar, not complaining about anything, just happy to be eating her pancakes that she waited 15 hours for. I’ll update everyone once we receive the final results, until then please continue to pray as loud as you can and to also thank God for what has been accomplished so far.
Ellen