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Surgery Day, April 25, 2006 & more

April 28, 2006

I was awakened by the telephone, it was Dr. Weber!  Where are you, she asked.  I said I was sleeping.  I was told to be there at NOON.  She said NO, we are waiting for you.  This was about 7:00 a.m.  I did not have time TO THINK.  I told her I could be there by 9.  After all, I wanted to get a shower before heading into the hospital.  Norma, Oneida & I headed into the city.  Mom, Alice & Sue drove down from PA & met us at the hospital.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see them before I was taken in for surgery.  The morning flew as they were literally waiting for me to get there.

During surgery the tumor was removed.  It was 11 cm in length & wrapped around the anterior 50% of the femur.  In addition, 40% of the vastus medialis & all of the vastus intermedius were removed.  The femur was scraped in an effort to leave no cells behind.  I remember waking up in recovery & not being able to feel a thing.  By the time I got to my room, I was sitting up in bed visiting with family & friends.  They were so excited cause the tumor was out & Dr. Weber was able to get “clean margins”.  I remember this vividly as I was Happy but also a little down because I could not control my leg in any way.

I would be walking on it the next day with the aid of crutches, which literally made me cry.  I had never had an incision & mine was 12 inches long & held together by 20 stitches internally & 30 stitches externally.  INCISION PAIN was brutal.  The next day I was doing the stairs.  There were Dr’s & Nurses standing in the hall watching & clapping, cheering me on.  I cried that day too.  By Thursday, they were ready to send me home.  But I waited until Friday because I had made arrangements for a friend to meet me at my steps to be sure I could get up all 18 of them!  It was rough.

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