So to let you know, Heather is busy fixing dinner for the phews and the rest of us so she asked me, Popsi/Rick to do the update for Cynde. So, this will not be as great as Heather’s writing, and we wanted to get the word out.

Well, it has been a long day for all of us. We got to the hospital at 5:00 am to go through all of the presurgical issues and they wheeled her off to surgery around 8:15. We did hear much from the surgical team except periodic texts indicating they were doing the procedure. Heather and Bart showed up along with Cynde’s friends. Heather brought a jigsaw puzzle, so we passed the time away with the puzzle. It was good therapy for all of us.

Per Heather’s update, we talked to the surgeon/oncologist around 1:00 and the operative word for the day was optimal. She felt very good about the surgery, and it accomplished what she had hoped for. The next step was the Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, HIPEC. This was designed to destroy hidden cancer cells. This process lasted two hours, so we had additional time to work on the puzzle!

I received a call from the doctor around 3:30 that they were done with procedures and were taking her to the post op unit and Heather and I got to see her around 5:00. Cynde was wide awake and fairly talkative. At this time the surgical team had left so Heather and I gave her the summary and of course the optimal word was used. Cynde is much relieved this is over and was resting comfortably. She is waiting for her room on the surgical floor, and her pain is being managed. She is happy the surgery is over.

I decided to go home (Cynde insisted actually) to get a good night’s sleep and be ready for rounds tomorrow morning at 7:00 am with her doctor and team.

The only downside of the day was we didn’t finish the puzzle – not really a downside and we left it one the table for someone else to finish!

We’ll find out more tomorrow and will provide an update. Thanks for all of the well wished, prayers, words, support, etc.

Love

Rick