surgery – A Mama's Blog

This is Heather’s friend Amy again with another quick update on Heather’s recovery.

Heather was moved out of ICU on Saturday. On Sunday she had two drains removed from her neck. Her doctor said her blood work and labs are “excellent.” She is sore and tired, but very glad the cancer didn’t spread as much as was originally expected. She enjoyed a short visit from her sons on Sunday. And she wants to thank everyone again for all of their prayers and well wishes.

I think this is a good sign too – Heather has her crackberry in hand once again. 😉 She updated her Facebook status a couple times now on her own. (Her sister had been doing it previously.)

Lastly, Heather and Mara (Heather’s sister) asked that I share a link to this post that Mara wrote a few days ago: Cancer Surgery Update.

Hi all,

This is Heather’s friend Amy just popping in quickly to update you all on Heather who had surgery to remove her thyroid and cancerous lymph nodes in her neck today. I don’t have a whole lot of information, but what I do have is good. The jist of it is that her surgeon said that everything went better than expected. She didn’t have as much cancer in her lymph nodes as they initially thought. As of 6 p.m. tonight she was in recovery and doing “fantastic” according to her sister. The doctor said he expects her to recover quickly. 🙂

Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she recovers, as well as her two boys Ryan and Cole. I know Heather appreciates all of the love and support she’s received lately.

I’ll update again when there’s more to tell or maybe Heather will be well enough soon herself to do it. That wouldn’t surprise me at all. From what I hear she didn’t give up her Crackberry, I mean Blackberry, until the very last minute before surgery. I can’t blame her one bit. 😉

Love you Heather. I know you’ll be on your feet again soon. 🙂

— Amy