September 10, 2012

Sara D.

    Well, no news was good news, but here we are again.  Sara enjoyed a great spring and the summer flew by.  We were all so relieved to have Sara get back to normal, we got a little overconfident.
    She had to move out of her house.  The bank would not work with her and it got way out of control. We tried to deal with them, but they would not budge. If I had the energy, I would go on a rant.
     She had a doctor appointment in Seattle on last Tuesday. Dr. Lin told her the tumor on her liver is not responding to the treatment. It is being very aggressive and he and Dr. Park, her surgeon, are going to have a consultation and determine the best plan of action. Tomorrow they will call her and come to some conclusion.  Which means she has to be prepared for just about everything. She is comfortably settled in the Purple House for the time.  I will continue the blog.  I actually could not get into it for a long time to write here! But I will keep this up to date. We hope you all have not run out of good vibrations.   Thanks to all. Stay tuned.

March 7, 2012

    Sara had good feedback from her appointment with Dr. Lin.  He said everything looked pretty much the same according to her new tumor marker taken after the surgery.  If the liver shows any activity or growth of the scar tissue from the tumors, it could require another surgery to remove them.  But at the time of the big surgery, Dr. Park, the surgeon, did not see any reason to disturb the liver at that time. If more surgery is required, we know she is in good hands. 
    Dr. Lin put her on the "Silver" list, which he said would progress to the "Gold" list. So he has gone to valuble stones analogy rather than gardening ones. It is all positive, and she will return for more scans in three months.  So everyone kiss the one you love.  I will still be posting as we travel furthur down this road. Welcome Spring!



posted by Colleen

March 4, 2012

    Sara has an appointment with Dr Lin on March 6.  They will be doing scans to determine that bin laden is long gone.  She has been back to work on her regular schedule which is not necessarily good but indicates how well she is feeling. Yesterday she was on top of the Empire State Building and I had a strong urge to text her and say "don't try to repel in your high heels!"  She went there for work and Sarah Hess went along for the ride.
    Her Dad and I were marveling that cancer did not slow her down for long.   So stay tuned and I will post results of appointment soon.  Thanks to all!


posted by Colleen

February 7, 2012

    Today is the one year to the day when Sara was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in the ER at Bonner General Hospital.  On this day, one year later, we have plenty to celebrate and be thankful for.
She is back to work full speed ahead.  Has Trevor taking super good care of her. {and lookin' dang good at it} Feels 'absolutely fabulous'. And is looking way forward to a fantastic future.
    Still doing chemo to keep the cancer under control, but otherwise she is free to do what ever she pleases.  We are so happy to have ended up in Seattle with the most wonderful Doctor, Dr. Lin. 
    I am going back through all of the information we collected and I can see where we made some literally life and death decisions. You don't know it at the time, because hind sight is 20/20.  But the people who were running along side us the whole way were helping steer us to this fantabulous day.
February 7, 2012.  Thank-you.


posted by Colleen

January 13, 2012

    Sara and Shanna went to her post op appointment.  Dr. Lin was very positve and encouraged by the results of the sugery.  Her pancreas seems to be just fine after being attacked by bin laden, who has now left the building.  Her liver has some scar tissue and does not outwardly show any signs of the cancer.  Sara will continue to stay on chemotherapy for an undetermined time.  The chemo will keep the cancer at bay. They will keep a close eye on her.  She is still recovering and doing very well.  Probably will return to work soon. This is all such good news.  Thanks again and again everyone.  I am re-reading the blog and all the comments and notes from the first blog sight. You are all AWESOME.  


posted by Colleen

January 4, 2011

    A quick update.  Sara is doing great with her recovery from the surgery.  She is phasing off pain meds and resting as much as she wants. She is making noise about going back to work allready, which her parental figures will try to discourage. The post op appointment will probably be scheduled this week.  She should get in to see Dr. Lin within a few weeks of the surgery.  I, for one, can't wait to see what he says. He will probably say, "When are you taking me on that plane ride?"
    Happy New Year to everyone. And keep your chins up!



Posted by Colleen