Meeting the surgeon Dr Chan

We went back to the U of M Cancer Center today to meet the surgeon, Dr. Chan. He had no bedside manner but was a knowledgeable surgeon and someone I can trust my daughter's life with. He told me there is a only a 10 percent chance of it being in her lymph nodes. I know 10 percent is hardly anything but I wish he had said zero chance. Dr. Chan was straight forward and told Allie what the scar would look like. Instead of her having two surgeries by two different doctors, he is going to do it all in one surgery on July 17th. I was relieved. Then the following Thursday we will have the results of the lymph node study. Allie had a concern about the scar and I did too but he was all about making sure the cancer is gone and that was it. Allie liked his manner and said she would be the same kind of doctor. I am certain she liked how he just got to the point. That is my Allie—always getting right to the point. So, we are going to spend the next few weeks before surgery doing some fun things. The zoo is on the agenda for this Saturday. I asked my oldest daughter Hayley to come with us too. It will be fun to walk and around the zoo with my girls that are older now. When I was married to Philip we used to laugh that we would go to the Detroit Zoo and there were hardly any animals. I will do whatever it takes to get Allie healthy and cancer free.