Carrie's Moving

They are going to be moving Carrie to a private room today. We got to see her this morning and they removed the ventilator tube last night and she was talking to us some this morning. When we left ICU they were about to remove her chest tubes and start putting in the orders to get her in a private room. Our next scheduled time to visit with her is at 1pm if they haven't moved her to a private room before then.

Jason

Post operation update

We got to see Carrie twice tonight before leaving the hospital. The first time was at 5pm and of course she was still under anesthesia, but that she was doing fine and that all of vital signs were where they wanted them to be. We got to see her again at 8:30pm and she was starting to come to but was still out of it pretty good. She was responding to us talking to her. (We doubt that she will remember any of it.) They said that she was almost to the point where they could remove the ventilator and figured it would be around 9:30 or 10 when they did that. They made mention that it was possible that they may move her to a private room tomorrow, but I don't expect for it to be that soon. She had good color and looked pretty good considering what she had gone through today.

Some people have been asking about treatment after this operation. The doctor said that he would be consulting with an oncologist about the possibility of using chemotherapy. He said that we would not be doing treatments, if any, until after Carrie has been home and fully recovered. First checkup with the doctor will be 6 months from now.

For all of the Facebook friends and Carrie's group members, UAB will not allow me to access Facebook on their wireless. I know, I'm an IT guy and should have had it hacked by 6am but I was sort of busy today. If it had been Auburn (War Eagle) it would not have been a problem. Anyway, for now all updates will be on here.

And finally, I cannot express how thankful I am for all of the love and support everyone has shown to us since Carrie was diagnosed back in June. Between friends and family we filled up an entire hallway at UAB today. We love all of you guys and can't wait to get back to Auburn. This has been the hardest thing I have had to face in my entire life. I watched my dad go through two bypasses in one day a few years ago but it didn't compare today. And if finally sunk in today as to just how huge of a surgery Carrie went through. She had more done in this one operation than most people have done in their entire lives.

The first visitation time for tomorrow will be at 9am and I will post an update between 9:30 and 10.

Sorry for the long post but I am finally relaxing.

Jason

Mass is gone!

We had a miracle today. We just talked to the surgeon and everything better than planned. The mass has been completely removed. They did not have to remove the right kidney like first expected. They removed the right adrenal gland the mass, her gall bladder was removed and they removed a large portion of Carrie's liver. Her liver will grow back and she is expected to make a full recovery. She is in ICU and I will get to see her within the hour. Thank you to everyone for all of the prayers and thoughts.

Update #2

They just took Carrie off of bypass and the next update will be from the surgeons which means that the surgery is almost over. No details right now. I will have those in the next update.

Carrie Update

They have started the bypass procedure.

It has begun

The latest update is that they just started the operation at 8:45.

Quick Update

We have made it to Birmingham and getting ready for tomorrow. We have to be at the hospital at 5am.

Jason