She is home!!!!

As many of you know Dawn made it through the surgery and was released from the hospital last night at around 8:30 p.m.  Evidently, when she arrived in recovery she was having quite a bit of pain and they were pretty liberal with the stronger pain medications.  When they allowed me to go back, she was very groggy and having to be constantly reminded to breathe which was a side effect of the pain meds.  The recovery nurse and I assisted her  out of the bed and was able to get her clothes on, but that's when the nausea hit.  Once we got that under control she started coming around a bit more and the staff felt that it was safe to send her home.  She slept all the way home, but was able to walk in and up the stairs to our bedroom with her mom and I helping her along the way.  Aeden was waiting to see her at the top of the stairs and wanting to hear about the surgery.  Dawn was glad to see him and spent a while snuggling with him before I put them both to bed.  

Dawn slept well and only needed pain medication once during the night.  She woke up this morning saying that she was hungry, so I made her breakfast and brought it up to her to eat it in bed.  She lounged around the first half of the day, but that didn't last long.  She decided to come downstairs for lunch, so I helped support her as she went down the stairs.  I read her all the responses from the update emails I sent out to friends and family yesterday during the surgery and she was happy to know that everyone was up to date.  Then, she started getting beautiful flower arrangements from her friends and co-workers....to everyone that sent flowers, THANK YOU because it really brightened her day. 



We ended the evening eating some awesome food provided by one of her co-workers.  Many of her co-workers have graciously made arrangements to provide us with dinner the next few weeks and again I have to send them a huge THANK YOU for their support of Dawn during this time.....that means so much to us both.  


Oh, and did I mention that THEY FOUND NO CANCER IN THE 2 LYMPH NODES REMOVED?  Wow!!!  Her next appointment will be with the surgeon next Thursday.  Then, we will meet with her Oncologist the first week of November.  Please keep praying for her.  I don't know if chemotherapy is still a certainty, but we are so happy that at least we know that those two tumors do not have the opportunity to do any more damage to her body.  Thank you LORD!!!!






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    My name is Barry, other's know me as Robbie.  This Blog is my way of trying to shed some light on how husbands also experience and fight Breast Cancer.

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