Surgery went well!

Hi everyone - Ken (Kelly's husband) here today.  Kelly had her surgery this afternoon and everything went very well.  Her surgeon came to talk to us around 2:30pm to let us know he was done with his part and that the plastic surgeon was working on Kelly.  He let us know the surgery went smoothly and that they didn't find anything unexpected.  The initial lymph node biopsy came back clear which means no cancer cells were found in it.  Although they'll need to do a full pathology report on lymph node, this is extremely good news.  A clear lymph node means that it's likely the cancer hasn't spread elsewhere - hurray!  They'll also do a full pathology report on the cancer site which will take approx 5 business days.  We'll find out more next week (maybe Wednesday) when we have Kelly's follow-up appointment with her surgeon.

The plastic surgeon came down around 4:30pm to let us know that Kelly was out of surgery and was now in the recovery room.  Again, his part of the surgery went very well and he was able to partially fill the expanders which means Kelly will save 2 or 3 weeks of having the expanders filled after the fact.

We've had tremendous support from family, friends and coworkers.  Kelly's parents, my parents and sister, two college roommates, and two cousins were here throughout the day to support me as we waited.  Eunice, Olga and Nancy from work stopped and visited this afternoon as well as Sheila (former coworker/friend) and Cindy (Jason's best friend's mom). 

Thanks again to everyone for your love, support and prayers.  Words cannot express how much it has meant to Kelly, the kids, and me.  I'll write again later once Kelly's out of the recovery room.