Wendi is out of surgery

This is Brian updating the blog for Wendi while she is in the hospital. She had the surgery on Sept. 15; it started around 8:15 a.m. and took about five hours to complete. About three hours later, she regained consciousness and was moved to a hospital bed. Her doctor mentioned that it was a very difficult surgery, due to the distention caused by the tumors. One of them had reached 10 cm in diameter, about the size of a small grapefruit. From an overall standpoint, the surgery went well. There was some initial anticipation that she might require a day or two in the ICU post-surgery, but that did not turn out to be necessary. She will be recovering for about a week or so in the hospital, then for another month or two at home.

The surgery did not remove every trace of cancer, and we were never misled into believing that it would. As soon as her doctor deems it appropriate, she will go back on chemotherapy, then radiation after that. The current plan is to give her four rounds of chemo (12 weeks total), then eight weeks of radiation after that. Of course, that is all subject to change at any time, depending on how she responds to the treatment.