"Rock on"This is the most recent update on Rhea-Lynn written by my sister Jenny. Needless to say we are all pretty concerned about a second surgery(especially Rhea). Please continue to pray for my sweet sister!
Heather
Dr. Wilson (a surgeon on Dr. Spetzler's team) came in and spoke to us this morning. He was thrilled with how quickly Rhea-Lynn is healing and recovering. He explained that when Dr. Spetzler removed the tumor that he was very conservative. He removed enough to send off to pathology so they could determine whether or not it was, in deed, a tumor. The pathology results so far, have confirmed that the material removed WAS tumor. It is definitely low-grade (slow growing and small... YAY!). Now that Dr. Spetzler knows for sure what it is, he is most likely going to want to perform another surgery within a month. When Rhea-Rhea originally met with Dr. Spetzler last week, he told us that he "would remove as much as he felt comfortable with". We knew that a second surgery was a possibility. It is fairly routine, and nothing for any of us to panic about. We don't know for sure whether or not she will have that second surgery, but Rhea-Rhea wanted all of you to know that another surgery in the very near future, IS highly likely, in order to remove most, if not all, of the remaining tumor. A team of doctors will meet next Monday to review the results of pathology (they are still observing the tumor sample). The team of doctors will determine from there the next step in her care. She has been up and around today, her and Jeremy even went on a little walk around the hospital courtyard (Whoooo-Hooooo! What a date!). My Mom and Dad are hanging out with her right now. For now, the best thing any of us can do for our sweet Rhea-Rhea is pray for her and LET HER REST. Her phone has been confiscated by Steph, so if you want to leave a message for R-R, do so on this CarePage. She loves to read all the sweet, uplifting notes everyone is leaving her. Wow, she has a lot of adoring fans. Who can blame us? She is an angel among us! I love you... all of you that love this baby sister of mine! Jenny
If you would like to visit her care page...
go to: stjosephs-phx.orgclick: "Patients & Visitors"click: "CarePages"click: "Visit a CarePage"click: "Become a Member"CarePage Name: "RheaRhea" (no spaces
Jeremy updates this regularly:)
Heather
Dr. Wilson (a surgeon on Dr. Spetzler's team) came in and spoke to us this morning. He was thrilled with how quickly Rhea-Lynn is healing and recovering. He explained that when Dr. Spetzler removed the tumor that he was very conservative. He removed enough to send off to pathology so they could determine whether or not it was, in deed, a tumor. The pathology results so far, have confirmed that the material removed WAS tumor. It is definitely low-grade (slow growing and small... YAY!). Now that Dr. Spetzler knows for sure what it is, he is most likely going to want to perform another surgery within a month. When Rhea-Rhea originally met with Dr. Spetzler last week, he told us that he "would remove as much as he felt comfortable with". We knew that a second surgery was a possibility. It is fairly routine, and nothing for any of us to panic about. We don't know for sure whether or not she will have that second surgery, but Rhea-Rhea wanted all of you to know that another surgery in the very near future, IS highly likely, in order to remove most, if not all, of the remaining tumor. A team of doctors will meet next Monday to review the results of pathology (they are still observing the tumor sample). The team of doctors will determine from there the next step in her care. She has been up and around today, her and Jeremy even went on a little walk around the hospital courtyard (Whoooo-Hooooo! What a date!). My Mom and Dad are hanging out with her right now. For now, the best thing any of us can do for our sweet Rhea-Rhea is pray for her and LET HER REST. Her phone has been confiscated by Steph, so if you want to leave a message for R-R, do so on this CarePage. She loves to read all the sweet, uplifting notes everyone is leaving her. Wow, she has a lot of adoring fans. Who can blame us? She is an angel among us! I love you... all of you that love this baby sister of mine! Jenny
If you would like to visit her care page...
go to: stjosephs-phx.orgclick: "Patients & Visitors"click: "CarePages"click: "Visit a CarePage"click: "Become a Member"CarePage Name: "RheaRhea" (no spaces
Jeremy updates this regularly:)
