Encouraging news today: the lumpectomy is back on the calendar, scheduled for Wednesday. In short, they plan to remove more tissue than originally thought, to be conservative, but the worst of the newer spots appear to just be pre-cancerous, as opposed to the original spots - those considered to be carcinoma in situ. Of course we'd prefer not to be thinking about any of this, but are glad that the situation doesn't seem to have taken a turn for the worse. Mom is glad that the direction appeared clear and that she will be able to have the surgery done this week.
She is tentatively scheduled for 12:30, subject to the progress of the morning's other surgeries. As soon as I have news to share, I will post an update to this blog.
Naturally, they will test the tissue removed and the pathology results will help to determine whether lymph nodes also need to be taken, chemotherapy is indicated, further surgery recommended, etc. Hopefully, we'll have those results Friday or Monday.
Thanks again for all of your kind messages of encouragement and for your prayers.
-Jennifer
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