The Lynch Family: June 2008

Friday, June 27, 2008

I was discharged from the hospital today and we got home around lunchtime. It feels so good to be home and out of that hospital room. I think that Josh and I were both getting a little tired of being cooped up inside for 4 1/2 days. We had a few ups and downs this week (with my white blood cell count and other things) but we got a good report today and I was sent home. The baby did very well the whole week - no complications. We had an ultrasound yesterday and he looked great and his heart tones have been normal all week. I've still got a few more weeks of recovery at home ahead. We will see the doctor in a week or so to get the final pathology reports of the tumor and to get my 36 staples removed! So please keep the prayers coming for this test result!

Wal-mart Pharmacy loves me

Here are all the meds that I was prescribed when leaving the hospital.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Answered Prayers

My surgery went very well today! The mass was low malignant tumor.
This is a borderline tumor. It should not require any additional
treatment other than quarterly appointments to do bloodwork and see
the doctor.

The baby did well too! He has good heart tones. They are checking
these every 8 hours.

My pain is being managed very well.

We still need to make it through the next few days - wanting
everything to continue as they are going.

We just feel very blessed that everything has gone the way we had
hoped and prayed for it to go.

Thank you all so much for all the prayers! They were definitely
answered!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Prayer Request

I will be having surgery on Monday, June 23rd to remove my right ovary and the mass that has attached itself to it. The surgery is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am and will take several hours. I have been through a similar surgery before, but not while I was pregnant. On a positive note, this mass was discovered at my first ultrasound and we have been watching through ultrasounds for the past 8 weeks (hence the reason we found out it was a boy so early). The mass has not made any significant size or shape changes in that eight weeks. There are three doctors that are taking care of me (and the baby) right now - my ob/gyn, a maternal fetal specialist and my gynecological oncologist. The oncologist will be performing the surgery. He did my previous surgery 2 1/2 years ago. They all feel that the risk to the baby is very low and that surgery at 17 weeks is the best time to have surgery while pregnant. There is still a slight risk to the baby but it is a minimal risk. Please pray for me and the baby during surgery, my family, the doctors performing the surgery and that the test results of the mass are good results. I will be in the hospital for several days at Baptist Womens in Memphis.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him because He cares for you.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Visit with Baby Georgia

Evan and I went to Oxford today to visit with Lain and Georgia. I think that Evan has fallen in love! He was so sweet and tender with her, I just could not get over it! When we first got there, she was in her bouncy seat. He sat on the floor and just looked at her and talked about her. The rest of the time, he had to know where she was and was very concerned about her. He even wanted to share his banana with her because he thought that she needed to eat. He kissed her repeatedly and asked if we could keep her and when we were leaving he said "We not leave her here". Georgia is a beautiful and precious baby! We enjoyed our afternoon with them!