I think one of my favorite hymns is “Great is Thy Faithfulness.” Not just because of the words but because it transports me back to my Dad’s church as a little girl. Back to when life wasn’t hard or stressful or complicated or messy. (Except if you think dressing up for church in tights and…

I think everyone knows from Chris’ updates that surgery went well. I got wheeled back to the coldest operating room. My teeth were chattering. It smelled like metal and antiseptic. They transferred me to the operating room bed and the last thing I remember was looking at the red numbers on the clock: 6.58am. Next…

I should have put out an update much earlier today, I apologize. But I actually worked today! And I thought Liz herself might actually post a blog, but she actually relaxed! Liz is in the biggest hospital room I’ve ever seen – it could fit a 20 person banquet table and chairs, with room to…

Liz has been sleeping off and on for most of the day. It’s hard to rest with someone walking in every 15 minutes for something. Vitals, blood draws, medication, inventory checks, changing the garbage liners…I bet someone could make a lot of money creating a system at hospitals where all these room visits were coordinated…

Our girl is off the surgical unit and in her inpatient room. She opened her eyes a few times and I got a smile, but now she’s resting. The hardest part is behind us…

Surgery is complete and I got a chance to speak to Dr. Narayanan. Everyone has told me since day 1 of this journey that he is the best, and he lived up to the hype. He removed the remaining tumor and surrounding tissue, successfully reattached the two ends, and ran some quick post-op tests to…

It sounds like all pre-op preparation went off without any problems and the actual surgical procedure started at 7:54 am with an expectation of taking 3-4 hours. I likely won’t have anything new to share until it’s done, but if anything changes I will share. Chris

And she’s off to the operating room. No complications in pre-op. Side note – some of you have left comments on various blog posts over the course of the year. I found out this morning we have to approve those comments before they are published. They are all approved now. Sorry 😬 Chris

Liz got mad at me last night because I haven’t posted to the blog in months. Truth be told I started a bunch of them but could never finish – each one just turned into a bunch of whining about how hard it is being married to somebody fighting cancer, and nobody wants to hear…