Friday afternoon update: Mel is doing ok. Lots of pain, but lots of meds too (which work pretty well thankfully). She had a fever overnight and another one today which they gave her Tylenol for (fevers are not good), but it's gone back down. Her hemoglobin count is low, also not good, but they want to wait to see how it is tomorrow before considering a transfusion. So far, blood is still flowing good to the repaired areas, which is great and very important. She also had a physical therapist come in and work with her to sit on the edge of the bed and then stand up, which was very tough on her. Now we're seeing if it's ok for her to have real food for dinner. I think that covers it to now. She's expected to be here in the hospital recovering for 4-5 days.
Regarding yesterday's surgery: Dr Chi, her onlcology surgeon who perlormed the mastectomy, finished at 11am and said his procedure went great and he did not even see any tumors remaining! He also said the sentinel lymph node looked good. We'll know for sure next week when the pathology report comes back.
Dr Kryger came out around 8:30pm after they finished reconstruction and said it went very well also. Yay! Again, praise the Lord! The critical part now is recovery and making sure the microsurgery that connected the veins to the reconstructed tissue heal well.
Also amazing yesterday was the support Mel's mom and I had during the very long 12+ hours waiting period during the surgery. We had people here in the waiting room with us throughout the entire time, supporting us, praying for us, and praying with us, which really was sooo helpful and such a blessing. Thank you all so much.
Thanks for all your prayers. I know it made a huge difference and totally helped. Please keep praying today about successful healing and recovery in these next critical hours and days ahead.
Love,
Mike
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