The Bushgang Blog

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Tell me he isn't talented! I have it on good authority he did this on his own. Stephanie would never have put this on him, so it must be his doing! Like father, like son. Very heart warming!!!

We had our Tuesday appointment with Dr. Lemmon. Everything went well and he removed one of the two drains that were in place after the surgery. We hope to have the other one taken out next Tuesday. Pray for that, please! Stephanie is doing great. She may be an inspiration to some of you that follow our situation but you really have no idea how great she is through all this. She is a true inspiration to me and I see her in all her glory through good and bad times. Stephanie is stronger than I ever imagined, keeping her spirits high when we are now approaching two years of less that perfect health, countless trips to doctors and hospitals, sleepless nights, sick from medication and on and on. All the while caring for me and our two year old son, Levi. She gets her strength through knowing God has a plan and is working it out in our lives. This is where I am so proud of her. She could easily be discouraged and grumpy and carry a why me attitude. She does not. Not even in times of struggle

Dr. Lemmon just came in and let me know that the surgery went well and Stephanie is doing fine..more detail to follow as it comes up. Thanks for the prayers!!!

The nurse and doctor just wheeled Stephanie out of the room. She is in good spirits and ready to get it over with. I'll update soon.

Stephanie and I went to see Dr. Lemmon , Steph's plastic surgeon, today at 10:00 am to look at one of her incisions that we thought might be infected. Turns out,  Dr. Lemmon thought it was best if he remove the expander from her left side. You may recall the expander was "installed" to help stretch the skin in preparation for a permanent implant. That option is not a good option any longer as the skin is not stretching like normal skin, due to the radiation treatment previously given. that said, we are looking at another reconstruction surgery in February. We  have two option, Latissimus Flap or TRAM Flap . Follow the links for your reading pleasure! :-) Back to the point at hand, Stephanie is a little anxious that we are having this unexpected surgery tomorrow. Please pray for a good night of rest for Stephanie and a successful surgery tomorrow. When this has been completed, she should be more comfortable between now and the February surgery. I'll update tomorr

We finally finished most of the decorating this evening. Levi really loves the tree and was actually helpful at times although he will be much more helpful when it comes time to take everything down. :-)