In Recovery

I just talked to Dr. Paige Partridge-Hix and everything went well. Karen is in recovery right now and will be moving to her room in a little while. Thanks again for your prayers.

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back in the OR

Karen is now in surgery at Willow Creek. Dr. Atwood got started right at 8am with the continuation of the reconstruction and should be finished around 10am. At that point Dr. Paige Partridge Hix will finish. Karen will spend the night in the hospital which may be a good thing because the weather is getting bad here in Fayetteville!

Thanks for all of your prayers, emails and calls of support. Karen's mom and dad, Mary and Victor, are at our house keeping the kids. Lots of people have asked about bringing us food during Karen's recovery and Stephanie Rosenfeld is graciously managing a meals list. If you are interested, Email me at dblasing@gmail.com and I will get you her contact info.

Thanks again,
Daniel Blasingame

getting started

For simplicity of updating our friends and loved ones I set up this blog to post updates on Karen's progress as she goes through the process of treatment for breast cancer. In the tradition of Karen's sister, Kim Mcnabb (Kim's Prayer), we will try to update as possible.

We are truly blessed today

Through God's grace and a Citation II, Kim, Mark, Oliver, Jackson, Lehman and Mary Claire McNabb were able to fly over from Jonesboro this morning to visit with us and go to church before Karen's surgery tomorrow. Kim and family are in GREAT spirits and we continue to pray but frankly her health prognosis is not good. The physicians say her time here with us is short: 2 weeks to 2 months. We are enjoying the time we have together and praying for peace and for acceptance of what God has in store for Kim.



I take Karen in the morning at 5:30am for her surgery. She has a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction scheduled that will last about 8 hours in total so tomorrow will be a really long day. The surgeries will be performed by Dr. Michael Cross and Dr. Daniel Atwood at Northwest Health. Our 3 kids are spending the night with good friends so Karen can get some rest tonight and we can get an early start tomorrow. We will probably be in the hospital through at leastWednesday and possibly Thursday. Please pray for Karen and our family.

The good news from 2 weeks ago is that Karen's lymph nodes showed no sign of cancer. However Karen, Kim and their mother Mary Green are all BRCA Positive . When we get through with the breast surgery and the oophorectomy+hysterectomy there will be no need for chemo or radiation thanks to the negative lymph node lab results.

Thanks for your continued prayers and support,
Daniel Blasingame