Race 4 the Cure!

1 year...

It has been exactly 1 year, yesterday, that Mom had her breast cancer surgery. It seems crazy because when she was first diagnosed, we could not even picture what life would be like a year later. So much has happened in the past year with Mom's health, so we are praying that the next year will be much better. She was super strong during her 4 surgeries for breast cancer, brain AVM and hysterectomy. Congrats Mommy!!

Update...

Mom is doing much better, but still going to be a long recovery process. For the past couple days she has not been able to walk very well, but that is slowly getting better. She has just been relaxing and trying not to laugh because it hurts her incisions. The incisions are healing really good but she says this whole procedure has been very painful. Mom meets with Dr. Lebranche on Thursday for the post-op appointment.

Hospital...

Mom is still in the hospital. They had her stay an extra night to make sure she was doing ok. Yesterday was a pretty rough day with pain, weakness and dizziness so it was good she stayed another night. Also, her red blood cells were pretty low so they wanted to monitor that as well. The nurses were not nearly as attentive as they should have been so we struggled with that too. We definetely can't wait until she gets out of that hospital and goes home! Probably today because she had a better night last night and looks much better. Get well soon Mommy!

*I will post pictures from the Race 4 the Cure walk tonight!

Went well...

Everything went well with Mom's surgery! Dr. Lebranche said it all went as planned. Last night the nurses were having Mom walk, which was extremely painful for her. She is in a lot of pain, so she is just resting. She will probably go home today from the hospital, but she has not seen a doctor so we are not for sure on that. I will keep everyone posted.

Surgery...

Mom met with Dr. Lebranche today about her October 14th surgery. The doctor decided to perform a full hysterectomy due to mom's age and situation. The surgery is a little more intense so she will have a 2 day stay in the hospital and a 6 week recovery period. It will be at Banner Estrella hospital at 8am... she has to be there at 6am. I will keep everyone posted on how it goes.

Also, my mom says THANK YOU to everyone who is joining us for the Race for the Cure walk on October 11th. About 50 shirts were ordered, so we are super-thankful for the support!!

Hair!

Here is a recent pic of mom without her wig! Her hair is finally growing back, long enough to not wear her wig anymore! It's super curly and really pretty!