September 2023

-0r54t;.'t/My incision sites right after surgery.  The tumor ended up being 13 mm.  They also removed 3 lymh nodes.  The doctor said the tumor was stage 1 and that the reports looked good. 

My coworker, Amber, brought in a meal for us the day of my surgery.  My sister Kimberly had Crumbl cookies delivered to us, my brother Derek's family sent a Door Dash gift card and my friend Cindy delivered flowers and caramels.  So nice!

 

For Labor Day we went to a local park for a car show.  Emily went on the slides and Tyler and Megan rode a mechanical bull.

  

We came home and had tinfoil dinners for dinner.

Emily had a rash and was having trouble breathing so we went back to Instacare.  It was "only" dermatitis.

Emily did tennis again in the fall.

We had a reunion with Darrell's friends from his single days.  It was good to see everyone and visit.

 

We went to a picnic for the Valley Journals.  (Darrell is a writer for them).  The girls enjoyed the cotton candy.

We went to the State Fair--the butter display.

Emily and Piggy with a huge pumpkin.

The kids enjoyed going to the "little farm" like they did when they were little.

 

Their friends were at the fair with their military mom.  They kids got to sit in a helicopter.

 

 

We enjoyed going on the big yellow slide and getting shaved ice.

 

We visited my brother Derek's family at their new house for dinner.

 

Megan and Tyler went ice skating with the young men and young women.

My sweet aunt Dianne, who is a breast cancer survivor herself, sent me this care package of "pink" form her and her kids.  

I had an appointment with my oncologist.  She said the tumor was Grade 3 and that they would do more tests on it to see if they needed to do anything more aggressive than radiation.  I also met with the breast surgeon for a follow up and he said everything was looking good. The scars are healing nicecly.

 

Emily had a tennis match and my parents and nephew, Nathaniel, came to watch.

 

 

Kitty pictures.