Update On Surgery

Melissa checked in at 9 this morning. After filling out some questions they got right to it. They started her IV on the first try (that is amazing) and gave her some fluids. Dr. Jordan came in and visited for a couple of minutes before giving her 5 radioactive tracer shots. The dye injections happened after she was sleeping. Shortly after that Dr. Shale stopped in to review his surgery plan and make some pre-surgery marks. Next to visit was the anesthetist. He was very reassuring. The surgery that was done in the OR Melissa was assigned to got done an hour early but we were not ready so they slipped a quickie in front of us. We didn't get started until 11:45. Dr. Jordan was able to get the port a cath put in quickly and then he removed the right breast. Next he removed 3 lymph nodes which have been sent to pathology. It will be 3 working days before we have results. Dr. Jordan finished with the removal of the left breast. He placed 3 drain tubes which she will have for a couple of weeks. At this point Dr. Shale took over. He was joined by his partner in the practice to assist. They worked together to place the expanders in. Due to the size and tightness of the peck muscles they were only able to fill them about half of what they had planned. They hoped to ease some of the chest pressure by doing that. Thank you everyone for all your prayers. -Tyler

Alexa's tribute to her mother! So beautiful!