Happy St. Patrick’s Day Everyone!
(this is one of the fabulous nurses that is taking care of Missy)

The good news continues, and Missy is doing great in recovery.  She has taken walks everyday and the epidural along with the IVs and oxygen monitor were removed this morning . She also got to take a SHOWER — she feels almost human again. She started liquids today and seemed to have tolerated it, I think she liked the ice cream the best.  When I saw her last night (I had been out of town for work) I of course had to be the trademark family comedian, I stopped at the hospital gift shop and purchased this balloon.

When I walked in Missy had three nurses surrounding her bed with big smiles and they all said she was the best patient.  Of course they all chuckled at the balloon, but I will say the funniest part was the women selling me the balloon said “congratulations is this your first grand child?”…dang I know airplane travel is rough but did I look that old? Anyway it was sooo great to see her be almost herself. Spending time with her today was even better, she is up and down with how she feels but with how evasive the surgery was and the scar she is trying to heal she is a friggin ROCK STAR and is mostly “up” in her usual “Missy Maag” fashion.

The oncologist told her she is cancer-free right now but there will be more chemo and probably radiation treatments to make sure that all is gone.  When Missy leaves the hospital, probably a couple days ahead of schedule (we are hoping by Wednesday) she will be home and recovering for 4-6 weeks before the next rounds of chemo. Steve is thinking that they really come up for air and totally cancer-free around July 4.  Talk about Independence Day!

I will update again by Monday night (unfortunately I head out of town again). Mom is leaving as well for a few days but Suzy will be coming in this week and once Missy gets home Mom will be there waiting.

For those of you who have been asking I will be putting together a meal train once Missy gets home and settled and we know what she can/cannot eat (we are hoping everything). So stay-tuned or feel free to reach out to me.

Again thank you all for your love and support.
XO Beth

My sister Suzy said it best “the pancreas Gods owed us big time and we could not be happier that our debt was paid this week.” Missy is doing GREAT! All preliminary reports seem “clear” but we will wait to completely celebrate until we get the final report. She sat up for several hours today and walked the entire floor. She hasn’t eaten yet but Steve said she was talking about pancakes, but has been talking about a lot of things, those pain meds must be good 🙂  She is a happy patient right now and the nurses love her. Her doctor said she’s two days ahead of schedule on recovery; What a warrior she is. Our whole family cannot thank you all enough for your love and support. XO

I will provide another update this weekend, once I finally get to see her — maybe Missy will even be ready to update!

Beth

Fantastic News to Report! 

My mom and Steve met with the surgeon and everything went great! Whipple and IRE are done, laparoscopic scan was clean, and reconstruction of everything was smooth. Missy doesn’t even need a feeding tube at this time.  The surgeon says they got all the cancer they could find, and Missy responded well to surgery.

We’re looking at 7-10 days recovering at the hospital, but we all know Missy, and she might try to get out of there sooner. I’ll provide another update hopefully tomorrow.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as we continue to ride this out to a total cure in a few months.
Love, Beth

 

Hi all of Missy’s Warriors! I just wanted to say thank you for all your love, support, food, gifts, etc… during these last few months. It has been such a comfort to our family. I have been able to get to know so many of you through the stories Missy tells.  I am posting here:
1) To be sure I was able to access and post 🙂
2) To let you all know that I will be taking over blogging while Missy is in surgery and will provide updates as much as I can, until she is up to taking back over the reins. And we all know Missy, that will be sooner than later.

If you need anything in between blog posts please do not hesitate to reach out to me personally.

Thank you so much again and we cannot wait until Lucifer is gone, only a few more days (and counting).

Love,
Beth XO