{"id":114,"date":"2011-05-05T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/05\/breast-cancer-journey-continued\/"},"modified":"2011-05-05T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T13:30:00","slug":"breast-cancer-journey-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer, The Journey Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"
Breast Cancer, The Journey Continued<\/div>\n
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Thursday Morning May 5 2011 (eight post in this series).<\/div>\n
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I have attached Kelly and Damon’s latest letter. As you can see, the surgery is tomorrow. We are all very emotional right now. Tomorrow we will post a couple of update blogs as we get information about the surgery while we are at the hospital<\/div>\n
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Jim and Pat<\/div>\n
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Hello Family and Friends!<\/div>\n

\nThe weather in Colorado this week is spectacular \u2013 it\u2019s beautiful spring weather!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an interesting week as we prepare for my surgery on Friday.  Some of you may know that we had a little excitement with Molly earlier in the week, but all has turned out well.  Molly has been having some quirky little symptoms which we were attributing to anxiety but our pediatrician and a neurologist felt that we needed to rule out a brain stem malformation.  The MRI went very smoothly on Monday and we got the great news on Tuesday.  Yet one more thing to be thankful for!<\/p>\n

The reality of my surgery is setting in and we\u2019re preparing for the challenges of the next few weeks.  Surgery is scheduled for 11:00 at Littleton Hospital on Friday and should last about four hours.  The plan is for me to spend one night in the hospital and come home late Saturday afternoon or early evening.  I\u2019m really looking forward to having the surgery behind me and moving into the recovery stage.<\/p>\n

The girls will go to my sister\u2019s house tomorrow night and stay until Saturday or Sunday.  We\u2019re thinking they\u2019ll be too busy to miss us because one of our nephews doesn\u2019t have school on Friday so they\u2019ll have a great time.  There\u2019s also a school carnival that night so that should be so much fun for them.<\/p>\n

Some interesting parts of the recovery process include:
\nNo showers for two weeks
\nNo driving for 2-3 weeks
\nVery little range of motion with my arms
\nWeekly doctor appointments<\/p>\n

Maybe this means I\u2019ll have time to catch up on some reading and computer projects.<\/p>\n

My parents have brought their bus down to Chatfield campground for the next two weeks.  It will be nice to have them so close!<\/p>\n

We thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes!!<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Kelly and Damon<\/p>\n

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