Posting from the hospital - Sarah came out of her pituitary surgery this morning and all went fine. She's still woozy but hanging in there, and we're waiting for her to be transferred to a hospital room (ICU for a day or two is standard). Although the surgeon was able to remove all of the tumor, the pathology did show that it was a met, which is scary. But, it has been there for over two years and seems to have grown & shrunk rather than growing aggressively and spreading. It is our hope that due to that and with the help of some follow-up radiation treatment to the pituitary it will hopefully not return. The next open question is how Sarah's pituitary will be functioning after the surgery. The next day or two should show that, and the surgeon does not think that this surgery will degrade pituitary function because of how well it went. It's even possible that some function will return as pressure on the pituitary is relieved.
I'm so thankful that this went as well as it did - thank you to all for the prayers and well-wishes! And a shout-out to my parents and our friends who always help take care of Ben and Sam in times like this!
I know Sarah will be very relieved to put this behind her once she has recovered. And I know she wants to press-on and start chemo, despite the side effects that come with it, so that she can fight back the lymph node tumors that have been gaining ground at her neck and abdomen. The Faslodex treatment she's been doing since taking a break from chemo just wasn't effective and we need to get back to something that is more likely to shrink those tumors.
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Thanks for posting so quickly -- I'm glad things went well -- as always, we are praying for you all.
Thank you for the update, Alan. Let us know if we can do anything to help from afar.
We are pleased to hear that the surgery went well. We will continue praying as Sarah recovers.
Continued prayers from our family.
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