Allie's Surgery

Long day… We started in nuclear medicine. They were starting the mapping process to the lymph nodes to see if it has spread. At first they took a couple of pictures. After the radiologist looked at them he wanted her to go to a different machine and then a CT. I got worried that they had seen something. Your mind goes all different places when they ask for more of something. Then I realized it could just be that they wanted a better view of what they were looking at.

The University of Michigan staff is amazing. Allie all of a sudden got very upset and was crying. It suddenly hit her how serious it was. Everybody helped her through and got her ready. The nurses, the doctors, the technicians—all were professional and so good with her. They let me stay with her until they wheeled her out. I kissed her a bunch of times and then waited till I could see her. They let me see her sooner then most patients because she was yelling for me. She may be 19 but I will always be her mommy. Through the night the pain got worse. She is a tuffie though; she did not want any pain medicine, only extra strength Tylenol. I convinced her to take the harder stuff. Her throat hurts from the tube. The biopsy on her back and stomach are hurting and where they removed the cancer on her breast is painful. She is so strong. She just lays really still and tries to sleep off the pain. In a couple days she should feel a lot better. Now it is the waiting on pathology. I will know she is cancer free next Thursday. That is my complete intention, hope and dream.