Sarah's proximal femoral resection and reconstruction to remove a fibroblastic sarcoma tumor went well. Okay let's try that again. Sarah's hip surgery to remove the cancer went well. God knows the end results and we trust Him. The doctor feels he removed all the cancer from her femur and surrounding tissue. As you can see from the x-ray, the top third of the femur was removed and just about the rest was hollowed out to make way for a new stainless steel rod and ball. As you can imagine the incision is pretty long, about 20 inches, from the bum to about a third of the way down her left leg.
So I say we are half way there; Sarah has a long road of recovery ahead of her. She will have to go through rehab and retrain all the muscles that used to attach to the bone that are now attached to surrounding muscle. The range of motion will have to relearned. She will be doing all this retraining while pushing through the pain.
Sarah can use your prayer for good sleep, despite having to get up every three hours to express milk for the little one. We can also pray for understanding and patient nurses. Please pray for me as well. I am trying to help and Sarah wants me here because she trusts me, however, I am not trained and can sometime step on toes with my words and actions. Please pray that my heart and best intentions are recognized as such. Thank you.