Please keep my sister in your prayers

[AuburnJen92]

Thoughts and prayers for your sister and her family Ami!

 

[tinah159]

I am sending up prays for your sister. (crossing my fingers as well)

 

[Cindy F]

Glad to hear the worst is over (except for the waiting-Ugh), continued prayers for you and your family.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Thanks for the continued prayers! My sister is home from the hospital now and I'm about to head up there to stay with her for a few days. I'll check in with updates from time to time.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

I'm in Maryland, my sister is sore and swollen, sounds cruddy and is currently in a demeral coma, but is doing fairly well. We still haven't gotten biospsy results ...racka fracka!

Thanks for the support

 

[vick]

Thanks for the update Ami. I'll continue to keep you all in my prayers. I'm praying for good news.

 

[AuburnJen92]

Thanks for the update Ami....we'll be thinking of your family this weekend.

 

[djblu883]

Ami,
I'm glad she came through the surgery relatively unscathed...sorry I'm just now writing but I'm seldom on line at all anymore unless I'm searching for something for work. I'll keep her in my prayers...and you too! She is lucky to have a sis who can be with her!!! Janet

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Well, we're really starting to wonder what exactly happened before she woke up.

First of all, her surgeon never told her what happened with the oxygen tube. The anesthesiologist is the one who informed her that the tube was too large and it damaged her airway. All she remembers is waking up in a room full of people running around her and the feeling of suffocating.

We noticed Saturday night that her chest was all bruised! Now we're wondering if they didn't do chest compressions on her?!?! I jokingly asked her if she felt herself going toward the light....but seriously, her doc needs to give her some answers!!!

Still no biopsy results.

 

[2goofycampers]

I am beginning to think we need an advocate in the OR with each person who has any surgery for which they are put under for.


Hope the test results are negative.

 

[We4mickey]

Ami that sounds terrible. I would certainly find out exactly what went on during her surgery. We will continue with our prayers.

 

[disney4dan]

Ami, I am sorry to have not seen this post earlier, travelled for work last Thursday and caught the flu while on the plane.

I will pray for positive outcome of the biopsy(ies) and a quick and total recovery. Understand that sometimes they (biopsies) will still be inconclusive (our oldest, Justin, has been fighting off papillary thyroid carcinoma for a few years). In your sister's case, I hope that if it is thyroid cancer, that it is the easier of the four to treat.

Papillary thyroid cancer can be treated post-surgery to address impacted lymph nodes anywhere in the body via either minor surgery or radioactive iodine therapy (the "smart bomb" approach). It is also 95% "curable", not just "treatable" in cases when caught early. In Justin's case, he went back for surgery to remove two series of lymph nodes that were not discovered in the first surgery, along with more than 50 additional nodes that ultrasound showed to be "reactive". Only the two that were known (via FNA) to be cancerous ended up being positive on post surgical biopsies. The other nodes were tested for everything under the sun and they suspect that he had been subjected to an exotic virus - never found out. He is scheduled to be back this Friday for third round of ultrasound and biopsies, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel (not that one!).

In any case, PM me if you have any questions, our caregivers in Children's Hospital have been fantastic advocates on his behalf and we have a wealth of information. Glad to see that she has a supportive family, and I hope you explore other hospital options.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Ami, I am sorry to have not seen this post earlier, travelled for work last Thursday and caught the flu while on the plane.

I will pray for positive outcome of the biopsy(ies) and a quick and total recovery. Understand that sometimes they (biopsies) will still be inconclusive (our oldest, Justin, has been fighting off papillary thyroid carcinoma for a few years). In your sister's case, I hope that if it is thyroid cancer, that it is the easier of the four to treat.

Papillary thyroid cancer can be treated post-surgery to address impacted lymph nodes anywhere in the body via either minor surgery or radioactive iodine therapy (the "smart bomb" approach). It is also 95% "curable", not just "treatable" in cases when caught early. In Justin's case, he went back for surgery to remove two series of lymph nodes that were not discovered in the first surgery, along with more than 50 additional nodes that ultrasound showed to be "reactive". Only the two that were known (via FNA) to be cancerous ended up being positive on post surgical biopsies. The other nodes were tested for everything under the sun and they suspect that he had been subjected to an exotic virus - never found out. He is scheduled to be back this Friday for third round of ultrasound and biopsies, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel (not that one!).

In any case, PM me if you have any questions, our caregivers in Children's Hospital have been fantastic advocates on his behalf and we have a wealth of information. Glad to see that she has a supportive family, and I hope you explore other hospital options.

Dan, thank you so much! I should have talked to you about this earlier....I had no idea there were so many different types of thyroid tumors! Fortunately, my sister's biopsy came back benign. Phew!

I hope everything goes well this Friday for Justin, I will be praying for him. Exotic virus????? Wow, as if having cancer and Celiac(?) disease wasn't enough?!!

You are all in my thoughts!!!!