Addie's surgery on Monday went well, it was long and our Doctor had to work his magic to get the leak fixed but he did it!!! He found the severed duct right away but had a hard time ligating it!! He said he could have easily done it if he would have opened her up completely but didn't want to do that. He went ahead and ligated her thoracic duct instead, which appears to have solved our problem!!! Praise Jesus!
Since Monday Addie has been perking up, she had a small fever after surgery but since has been fever free and feeling good! We got to spend some time with Grandpa Darwin, Daddy, Emma and Grace which is always wonderful!!
This morning Dr. Potter removed her chest tube and she was unhooked from her tower... FREEDOM!! They will take an x-ray this afternoon and if all looks good we should be able to come home tomorrow!!
It is crazy to say but I am ready for more chemotherapy... Ready to kill the rest of this awful cancer! I have definitely been anxious with the lag between these last rounds!! Please pray that everything has sat dormant and her cancer hasn't grown and it never will again!!! I have also been a little concerned with her hearing lately, she has done a few things that have alarmed me just a bit, please pray that her hearing is NOT affected and it never will be!!
Please continue to pray that all of her cancer is killed and the scans coming up after her last round of chemotherapy will show that she is at least 95% cancer free... Or better yet, 100% cancer free!!!
Thanks to everyone for your continued support!!! Thank you to our wonderful surgeon Dr. Potter, the great nursing staff and the anesthesia team for taking such good care of us!! Thank you Lord for Addie's postive response and for the care she is receiving her at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital!!
Go Team Addie
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