After a long wait today, and no food or water since last night, Michellie finally made it to the OR at 2:00 pm. She was very apprehensive, but knowing that this was a good thing. She had an MRI this morning that found no cancer anywhere else. The report from surgery is that the biopsy in her neck went well, the port-a-cath has been inserted for her chemo, and the bone marrow was taken from her hip. We will have results by Wednesday and a plan of attack will be ready by Thursday. We are just waiting for her to come out of recovery and then we can wait for her to feel well enough to get some food in.
On an even more positive note, Michellie's boyfriend, Sam, was able to surprise her before surgery, so she had someone to keep her busy and distracted for the hours she was waiting. As well, the Child Life coordinator stopped in and there are several activities planned for the patients here throughout the week. There may be a tree arriving for her room, and activities to keep her busy while we wait.
We won't be home for Christmas, but MacKenzie headed back to the house last night. The cats had only been into a little bit of trouble while we were away. He is holding down the fort for now. There is a weather watch out, and they are predicting high winds and rain again. He will be in charge of checking for leaks and listening to Moaning Mona for a few days,(the storm windows in the gables that hadn't been changed yet). He will head down to Halifax again when we know more.
David and I are holding up well. They keep us busy and keep providing us with more information and preparing us for what is next. We are very optimistic about everything, and we know Michellie is in good hands. We are both staying at the hospital for the time being, and we trade out who gets the little bed and who gets the tippy chair. But, we have a bathroom and running water, so it is better than camping!
Thanks again for all the well wishes you have been sending, and for the jokes and laughter too. We look forward to hearing stories about your Christmas celebrations and we hope some Hogmanay Celebrations are in planning stages for New Year's. We can almost taste the Haggis now.
