Surgery in the morning, 12/12/2008

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 tomorrow!

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!