Post Surgery Day 3 by Francy DeVries Friday January 23rd 2009

Talked to Mary Jo around 9:15 this morning. Her Pathology on her breasts came back "no more cancer"....Yippee!!!!!!!!! She wants to be sure that I let everyone know that she feels this it is due to everyones prayers, that this has happened (the cancer did not spread any further). Her voice is a little stronger today. The plan is for her to move out of the ICU to a regular room tonight. Dr Morrison (Plastic surgeon) said she is recovering great, nothing could be better. Her main issue now is pain control. That have to get her to the point that pain pills will keep her pain under control. Her IV did infiltrate (go bad) so they had to start a new one, which Mary Jo hates....well everyone hates being stuck, but I think right now Mary Jo hates it more than the average person. Latest update around 4:00 is that Mary Jo is getting ready to go back to bed after being up in the chair for almost 4 hours. She is tired. Mary Jo IV situation went from bad to worse. Her IV went bad a total of three times. The good news is they were able to start using the new port they placed during surgery (this port will be used for chemo too). She moved from the ICU to the "general" floor. She is not in room 607. A nice big private room. Next update tomorrow.