Surgery #2

Boy, February is still kind of a blur -It was a crazy few weeks for our family-- Gracie had her tonsils out which is what got the other ball rolling. She had been sick a lot with sore throats and also had sleep apneia (even at 2!) We had her in to see our ENT for her consultation. At that time he recalled that he had not checked on my nodule found years previous. Right before we movied to AZ he byopsied it and did an ultrasound to measure and said I was fine unless it started growing. He ordered another ultrasound and I went in for that. The results came back the day before Grace's surgery- The nodule had grown a lot and he reccommended surgery as soon as possible. We got her through her surgery and she did pretty well for a few days and then really spiraled downhill fast- She was on an RX for infection 3x a day and we had to literally pin her down to get it down her (I felt so bad) :( And then also tried to keep pain meds down her- Well, she started to refuse ANYTHING going in her mouth no matter how hard we tried. Which the end result was back to the hospital and rehydration. (Pic above) It was so hard to see our little one in that much pain and also have my surgery looming around the corner. Thank heavens she recovered quickly after that and then I went in. Both Grandmas were a ton of help as well as dear friends and ward family. My surgery went well. Dr. Stock removed my entire right thyroid and the nodule tested benign- :) I recovered pretty well but had an infection pop up as well as an allergic reaction to the solution they put the steri strips on with. I got my drain out 2 days later and by the 2nd week I was feeling a little more normal. I took a 3 week break from running which was hard but needed and was so happy just to know I was ok and cancer free!

The first two days the kids had been with family so that I could recover and rest. This was Sunday night when they all came home- It was so good to be a little family again and have my cuties back! I was wearing a scarf (made by my cute friend Trish) so that it covered my drain. It was not a very pretty site under there :-/ I think I had really taken my health for granted and am so grateful to feel good and was so grateful for so many sweet people that served our family!