We thank God we had a safe and good trip to Moffitt. We stopped and had a great meal at Bonefish in Gainesville on the way. When we arrived in Tampa we went to see the Sanders at their new home on Davis Island. We found out how easy it is to get lost in downtown Tampa when you GPS goes crazy.
Jana's surgery was as planned at 8:15 a.m. and went very well. The surgery was finished before 10 a.m. The surgeon was very pleased with how it all went. Jana was in recovery for about an hour, then we headed home. Her recovery is going well. She has pain and tires easily, but it is much better than the first surgery. We are truly blessed and have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Back Home!
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Surgery Scheduled
We had a good visit with Dr. Smith, the plastic surgeon, on Wednesday, September 2nd. He was pleased with Jana's progress. We now have surgery scheduled November 23.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Jana & Doug North GA Mountains
We were blessed to be able to spend a few days at the Kuhn's cabin (a really nice house!) near Ellijay on Eagle Mountain. While Samuel and Lindsey were at StudentLife Camp, Jana and Doug were able to have a delayed 25th anniversay celebration.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The News We Prayed For
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Fast Trip to Moffitt
Leaving at 4:10 a.m. we headed down to Moffitt in Tampa. Except for a rolling roadblock just south of Ocala on Interstate 75 due to a bad pile up, we had an uneventful trip to Moffitt (prayerful for those in the accident, but thankful we were not there just an hour earlier!). Made it to Moffitt in time and was blessed with having the two doctors visits done right away. We made it out in an hour! The pathology report was good, but due to a few cancer cells found in a lymph node, Jana will have to see an Oncologist at her next visit on July 27. We are also waiting on a final pathology to see if Jana's cancer is estrogen receptive or not. If it is, then she will have to take Tamoxafin for five years. If it is not, then she will not have to take it.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Awesome prayer answers
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
What a difference a week makes!
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Recovering Well at Home
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Home at Last!
Thank God! We are finally home after a four hour plus trip and and hour plus wait at Walgreens for much needed pain medicine. Thanks Joann for the great meal waiting us! Jana is asleep now but doing well. The home healthcare nurse is coming tomorrow.
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Good Morning to Go Home?
Had a good night's sleep (from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. undisturbed). Dr. Laronga just came by and gave us final instructions. Waiting now on the plastic surgeon's team and final discharge orders. Hope to get out of here sometime this morning.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Words from Jana
Thanks for your prayers! They're making a difference. I just got my IV out and should be going home tomorrow. Have sat up in the chair all day, except for a few excursions down the hallways. Enjoyed visits from Lisa Sanders and Carolyn Ward's sister, Dorothy.
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Good Morning!
We had a good night's sleep except for the mandatory vital sign checks every few hours. Jana has been up several times and has walked the halways twice. She has been sitting up this morning and ate half her breakfast. Both of her surgeons have been by with glowing reports of how well she is doing. She still tires easily, but with some pain medicine has been doing well. We look forward to going home tomorrow.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Jana is in Room 538
They brought her in about 5:30 to room 538. She is looking great (as always), though in and out of being awake. She had some nausea in recovery but nothing out of the ordinary. The nurse says she is doing great. Our nurse's mother made heart shaped pillows for Jana to use to prop her arms up. We have a corner room on the top floor with a good view.
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She's out and in recovery
At about 2:45, the recovery room called and said she is out of surgery and starting to wake up. I'm still waiting to talk to Dr. Smith. They will call back with a room number soon.
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She almost done with surgery
Dr. Loranga just came out to meet with me. She said the surgery went well and that Dr. Smith was over halfway through. So she should be out by 2:30 EST!
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She is in surgery
Jana went in about 11:30 EST for surgery. She is scheduled to be finished about 3:45 EST. She was in good spirits and ready to go. Lisa Sanders is her waiting with me and she brought me some Starbucks coffee!
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Still waiting
We are both in the pre-op holding area. And they let us get on their computer! Cell phones and lap top are off for the moment, but hopefully they will come and get Jana any moment now. I will call and update soon.
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Waiting
We checked in at 6:55 a.m. and went through the check in process. They just took her back in nuclear medicine for the radioactive tracer procedure that should take about 30 minutes. Then we go back to the surgery area and wait for them to take her back. Thank God they have free wireless, tea and coffee! I'll update this blog as information becomes available.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
In Tampa and Ready to Go
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Miccosukee VBS & Family News
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