SNEAKY

Had a phone call from Nia (when Sam was snoozing) this morning and the first thing she asked me was

“What is Sam doing out of hospital??”

Apparently, she went over to visit Sam this morning and found out that she’d managed to talk the nurses into letting her out last night. She said that she’d given the nurses strict instructions that Sam should stay in overnight, so she was shocked when she wasn’t there. Turns out Sam’s tactic for escaping was to wait until the shifts changed and then simply charm the new nurses into letting her go home. Sneaky little……… 😉

The good news is that the lumpectomy went to plan. The surgeon is pretty certain that she got everything out, but obviously we won’t be sure of that until the result of the healthy margins come back from the lab next week.

Sam has a slight dip in the middle of her breast but Nia said that they have a special technique when they put everything back together. They stitch in a certain way so that, as the swelling reduces, things move around inside and gaps get filled. If that doesn’t happen then there’s a technique where they can take some fat from Sam’s back or tummy and fill the hole with that.

We’ve been given an appointment for next Wednesday @ 2pm with the surgeon, where we should hopefully get the news that all the margins are good and the little fecker has gone. Once we get that brilliant news, it’s onto stage 3: Radiotherapy. 🙂