A Time To Heal

It is now 7:30 pm and Lauren is finally comfortable in her regular room.  She was in the post surgery recovery room since 1:30 pm.  Lauren checked in at 6:00 am this morning, so this has been a very long day for her.  After the sentinel lymph node mapping tests were completed this morning, she was ready for surgery.  The mastectomy, chemo port insertion and node biopsy procedures all went very well according to the surgeon.  The surgeon removed 5 nodes due to their suspicious nature.  Preliminary tests on the nodes during surgery appear good.  We will know the actual results in 48 hours or so.  However, it appears that the cancer has not spread beyond the main tumor, it's 4 satellites within the breast, and the first couple lymph nodes.  This would be the best news we have heard in the whirlwind of the last 4 weeks.  She was very emotional and in a lot of pain following waking up from anesthesia. Large doses of phentinal helped her tremendously!!! All in all, she is comfortable now, ready to eat finally and feeling very blessed and grateful for all the love, prayers, etc.