Renee and Phaewryn,
Thanks for keeping us posted about Emily. What a beautiful girl,
whoever took her picture captured her charm. It's easy to see why Renee
is so in love. Many blessings to the three of you,
Nina
Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn wrote:
Just an update on Emily, my friend Renee's girl with breast cancer. She had a
total
mastectomy, they removed both mammary chains at once (sometimes they can only
do one
at a time due to not having enough skin to close the incisions). She'll be
starting
her chemo after her sutures are removed in two weeks, and the pathology report
will
be back at that time too. The tumor was removed at the beginning of December
and it
was diagnosed as Adenocarcinoma. The surgeon said he didn't see any other tumors
during the mastectomy, so things are looking promising. She's REALLY cute in her
t-shirt. This way she doesn't have to wear an cone (elizabethan collar):
http://ucat.us/Emily-postsurgery.gif
http://ucat.us/Emily-postsurgery2.gif
Thanks to everyone on your positive thoughts and well wishes for her! She seems
to be
doing good, she has a pain patch on, and is on a course of post-surgical
antibiotics.
She was more active earlier, Renee thinks she may have overdone it and is now a
little sore, as she is sleeping in her bed on the floor now (as opposed to
climbing
on the bed, etc).
Renee is a member here too, BTW, she's just not come out of her shell yet
enough to
talk... :-)
(so any replies, she will see)
Phaewryn
