Life's Journey

Sarah’s surgery last night appears to have been successful in both removing the high grade bowel obstruction and replacing the stent in her ureter. Unfortunately, the surgery had to be more involved than we had hoped due to the size and toughness of the primary pelvic tumor she has been fighting so hard over this last year. What this means is that a section of her bowel ~6-8 inches long had to be removed to bypass the tumor with the hopes of returning the bowel to normal function. This also means that her recovery will be a much longer and tougher one than we had originally hoped. The surgeon wouldn’t even venture a guess on recovery time in the hospital because with this kind of surgery it can vary greatly from person to person but when I pressed he guestimated between 5-10 days in the hospital. Sarah is back in her room now and starting to heal so she can get back to doing the things she loves. She misses Ben terribly so maybe I can try to sneak him in here again like I did last time

As with her last surgery (which was just over a month ago), thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes. I’m sure Sarah will post another update once she feels up to it.

-Roy