The Surgery!

Ok, so I knew these next few weeks would be long, but man I didn't really realize it until now. This morning I went into work since I haven't been there since last week and around 10am, Dr Lewis (the pulminologist) called and said he hadn't received the results back yet as he wanted them, so he wanted us to come in for surgery and that the Thoracic surgeon would be calling me shortly. I called Corey to let him know no food or drink as of that moment per Dr. Lewis' instructions. Bummer for him, he hadn't had breakfast yet. So within 30 minutes, Dr. F (Can't remember his name...haha) called and said to be at Virginia Mason between 2 and 3 to check in for surgery. We got there about 2:30 and man, they rushed everything as soon as we got there. So within I'd say 30 minutes, we were in the prep area just waiting for Dr. F to come and talk to us so I can go to the surgery waiting area. As we were waiting, Dr. Lewis surprisingly came in (We WEREN'T Expecting him at all) and said that he got his preliminary results back and that he was 90% sure that what Corey has is NOT lymphoma!! Yes....that is right!! Not 100% but 90% is still pretty damn good!! What he thinks he has is actually Sarcoidosis. It apparently has similar symptoms as Lymphoma. I don't know anythig about that now, but what I do know is it's NOT CANCER!!! So we were excited, but still not fully excited because there's still a small chance we're dealing with the lymphoma. So they went in and took a section of the lymphnode that is pushing on his lung. They didn't completly remove it, but took about a cherry size of it off for biopsy. That surgeon also said that's what he thinks we're dealing with, the Sarcoidosis. SO...we'll know for sure in 2 days...the difference in treatment, Cancer: Chemo and Radiation/Sarcoidosis: A little steriod medicine and go home and call it good. Get a few check ups every few weeks to follow.

SO...please pray that when the results come back, this IS NOT CANCER, but a little other known disease that's MUCH better to deal with! Thanks for the continued prayers, we definitley felt them today during surgery!! We are at home now and again, Corey is sleeping. He has a very bad headache from the anesthesia, but other than that is doing great. I will update on how he's doing tomorrow and as soon as we get the results back!!!

Always,
Corey and Melinda