From: st macy Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 04:32:19 +0000
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First and foremost, we are completely overwhelmed by everyone's generosity and response to the messages about Sarah. This morning we were checking e-mail and had prayer after prayer after prayer being offered for her and our family. You are an incredible support to our family and a beautiful testiment to the power of prayer and faith in God!
A special thank you to all from the St. Joseph community. WOW! What a blessing to have you in our lives. Messages from staff, students stopping every hour to pray, classes saying the Rosary, cards and pictures being sent, and the list goes on. We will never be able to thank you enough for what you did and continue to do for us. The Parish, School, and EEC were absolutely incredible with their response of hope and faith for us. That was a true beacon for us.
Sarah went into surgery this afternoon. What had promised to be a "flipping intense surgery" (the surgeon's words this morning - ha) with a lot of potential complications was successfully completed earlier than expected. The surgery had been predicted to be 5-6 hours if things went smoothly, longer if complications. It was about 4 hours. According to the CT scan, the tumor had spread throughout viens and lungs and could potentially be difficult to extract. The surgeon was able to remove all the visible tumors (the lungs will still needed to be treated via chemotherapy). It will probably be Tuesday before she is considered "fully recovered". Chemotherapy will start shortly after that. They inserted a port for the chemo which will reduce the number of times she needs to be stuck with a needle. As pathology reports come in, we will work with the oncology group to develop a treatment plan. We will keep everyone posted on the developments.
Although we still have a long road ahead of us as we wait for pathology reports and develop a game plan of how we will continue to treat Sarah, this is definitely a wonderful surprise compared to what we thought we would be facing based on the scan reports from yesterday. I truly believe that the power of prayer had a lot to do with today's positive outcome. So many people forwarded the message to others that we had prayers being offered by multiple denominations throughout the US, Masses being offered for Sarah, Rosaries being said, etc. Because of your incredible devotions and prayers, Sarah's surgery was smooth and we are looking a a less intense recovery from it.
Thank you!
May God bless you and your families!!
The Macy Family - Steve, Joan, Catherine, Isabelle, and Sarah
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