Out of Surgery . . .

So we are out of surgery and in our room. It has been a very long day but things went really well. They were able to get by with only doing a skin graft. We will probably be here through the weekend but won't have to stay the full seven days. The surgeon had to take out almost twice as much as planned because after he did his original excision they tested some of the tissue and found the synovial cells in the tissue. Because of this he went twice as far and then tested more of the cells and they came back normal. They are only able to test a limited amount in the operating room and the results aren't 100% reliable. We will have to wait to see if the result come back negative (Negative is good) until next week. A negative result would mean that they got healthy tissue surrounding the area that they found the cancer cells. They spoke with us about the possibility of doing radiation if they do not feel good about the pathology report. I feel good about the way that things went. I believe that because of our prayers and faith, the Doctor was able to find the cancer cells during surgery and was able to make the decision to be more aggressive. Thank you for all of your prayers and support! We will keep everyone posted. Rachel is doing great! She is quite bossy but in good spirits. She is being a trooper as always.