Well, as anyone who has spent time in a hospital before knows, Cathy did NOT get a good night sleep between machinery, discomfort and the continual parade of nurses and techs arriving to check vitals, etc. Her post-surgery anesthetic slumber lasted only about 30 minutes and Cathy was in full form worried about the inflatable leggings and "spirometer".
I succeeded in keeping Dr. Lee's "educated guess" [stage 3 cancer] from her so she could rest better last evening, but did give her the full report this morning, which was still a very positive prognosis from Dr. Lee. Cathy, however, is focused on the negative possibilities and "what ifs". Dr. G. stopped by this morning and encouraged Cathy to think of this as a marathon, not a sprint. He also asked her NOT to think 3 steps ahead ... so antithetical for Cathy!
I will remind her, over and over again, about Matt 6:25-34 and Phil 4:6-7 ... please pray for her to rest in these key scriptures.
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Ok Cathy...time to start building up a head of steam for a fight...you CAN win this...I just talked to an agent in my old office who was diagnosed with stage3B breast cancer 4 years ago and it had started to spread...she is here...and 4 years later feels great....she chose a lumpectomy and chemo and radiation...she told me to tell you to get feisty (as you can do so well)..eat healthy. Hers even showed up as a spot on her liver, which disappeared after chemo.....as Greg so aptly named this blog, "fight Cathy fight"....
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