Month: August 2007
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Follow-up Appointment
Just got back from Angie’s follow-up appointment for the surgery; they removed the dressing and checked things out, she’s healing nicely. We go back on Wednesday afternoon to remove staples. (Ugh.. I don’t really do well with blood and sharp objects inserted into the skin…) We didn’t move the appointment with the Oncologist up, the…
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Pathology Report
I spoke with our surgeon yesterday afternoon about the pathology report on Angie’s tumor and the lymph nodes they removed during surgery. It’s not great news. Her tumor size was 2.5 cm and they classified it as Grade 3. (Grade is a ranking how different from normal cells the tumor cells are, on a scale…
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Messages for Mommy
Monday evening our friend Tiffany dropped by the hospital on her way home, she had been keeping our kids all day. She delivered a note from the kids that we would love to share… (these are their own, unedited, words- as dictated to Tiff) Dear Mommy, I can’t wait ’till you’re out of the hospital…
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Home
We’re home.. Ang is cleaned up and into some comfortable pajamas and resting on the couch. It’s nice and quiet, her Mom came up to take care of her, and the kids are still out with a babysitter until this evening, so she should get a good rest in before things get to exciting around…
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The morning after
Pediatrics was good to us last night, the nursing staff up here is absolutely amazing. I slept like a rock on my little couch, for everyone who was wondering… Angie was awake and able to communicate by 8:30 or so last night. She’s been feeling pretty good, they have had her on Percocet for the…
A Spring of Joy 