In my recap of the first half of 2008, I failed to mention the 5-hour surgery I had on May 1st to remove a large, yet benign, tumor from my right kidney. I discovered this mass in 2006 shortly after Cami was born. Who knows how long it had been growing!! After an embolization procedure in 11/06, we followed the tumor to see if it would shrink, but after a year and a half, it wasn't much smaller. So, Dr. Turzan at Kaiser recommended surgical intervention. He was able to accomplish the task laparoscopically. You can see 5 entry points on my abdomen. The largest incision was only 2 inches!! He had to shred the tumor into pieces to get it out. I took a month off from work, but felt pretty good by Mother's Day. It was a scary time for me, but I had a lot of support and prayers. Rev. Stokes and Carol visited with me before surgery. Then Carol sat with Matthew all day in the lobby. Jan came by, too. Hopefully, this thing is gone for good. I'll have another CT scan in November...
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