At 2:30 Dr. Billingsley came to talk to us in the OR waiting room. Nancy is awake and OK! in recovery. Surgery went perfectly. No other cancer was found inside or in the immediate vicinity of the liver. He removed the right half of the liver, more than the 20% he thought he might have to take. He said that he wanted to be absolutely certain that he had clear margins. The liver will regenerate approximately back to its original size. He felt that she would be back to close to full strength in about a month. He said repeatedly that Nancy's general health and fitness played an important role in this surgery. Hooray Nancy!
She will be in recovery for at least another 1.5 hr and then she will be going to the ICU for at least overnight. He doesn't feel that she necessarily needs the ICU, but that it is protocol for this surgery.
They are close to full capacity here and there is a chance that she could be in the ICU for the entire hospitalization (~5 days).
This news brought tears of joy to Leonard and Dorothy. I am so relieved that I can't begin to describe that feeling.
Finally......Good news!!!!
Love and Peace to all of you,
Franz
9 comments:
Thank God and the great Surgeon. And of course everyones prayers and good thoughts and Nancy's strong will. I love you guys!
Hooray. Thank the surgeon for all of us.
Barbara D
I am so happy to hear a full recovery is in sight. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Love Always,
Van D-O
I can"t tell you how relieved we are to hear how well the surgery went and that nancy came through so well. a tribute to what a strong and amazing woman that she is. As always we continue to pray for all of you. lots of love
St. Georges from Ct
What a great day''for Nancy especially and the way we feel can.t be defined..Thanks Franz ''to others''the brown bears were a real plus''
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HOORAY! Lots of good thoughts & prayers being sent your way! Nancy you are an amazing woman & will be pruning roses & enjoying your garden before you know it! Love to all...Nikki
Yea!!!! I knew she would do great! Now take a deep breath! Give her a hug and kiss for me. Tell her we'll be having coffee together before she knows it!
Love Karen Ziros-Smith
So happy to hear that things went so well for Nancy. With everyone praying for her, how could she lose. When you open your heart to God, he will be there to help you.
Bless all of you. Jeanne
Blue Four is in the protection net...we're flying toward a safe and rapid recovery. Everyone is with you, Nancy, the controls are back in your beautiful hands...
Blue Leader
SMS(Ret) USAF
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