Send your best thoughts for CarlTR6 & his Wife (Mae Lyne)

Carl pal that is great news. I hope that Mae Lyne has a speedy recovery and I also hope that you yourself can get some rest and recharge your batteries as I'm sure that this must have been quite stressful during this trying period.
Big hugs for Mae Lyne and yourself pal.

All the best

Nick

please keep us informed on any changes/updates

Thanks for the update, Carl. Prayers continue. :)

CarlTR6 said:

Update and mostly good news.

The surgery is over and, first and foremost, Mae Lyne came through just fine. What a relief! The surgeon removed the upper lobe of her right lung. The mass is malignant. With a scope, he looked at all lobes of both lungs. No other signs of cancer. With the right lung deflated, he looked around the chest cavity and saw no signs of cancer. He did remove some lymph nodes for biopsy.

We will not know the kind of cancer until the biopsy results come back. If the biopsy shows no cancer in the lymph nodes, the surgeon got it all. Mae Lyne will see an Oncologist for followup treatment, if any.

The surgery took a little over three hours because they had trouble intubating her again. It took them about an hour. Because of that, the surgeon will leave her on the ventilator all night and she will be in ICU. He does not want to remove the breathing tube until the swelling in her windpipe goes down and she can breathe well on her own. This will add a day to her stay in ICU.

Thank you all for your care, thoughts concern and prayer. Keep praying for her recovery as this will be a painful road for her.

I have not seen her yet; but I will do so in about 20 minutes.

As scary as "with the right lung deflated" sounds to me, sounds like she came through OK. Continued best wishes to the both of you, Carl!

That is good news Carl.

I'm with THW about the biopsy reports. The candle remains lit.

Carl,
Thanks for the update. Its great the surgeon didn't see any other problems. Praying for the best.

Jim

Carl, best news that could be expected so far. Hoping the good news continues. Hug for you buddy. A Guy

Carl hi.. this is wonderful news.. prayers are continuing for you both.. try to get some rest while she is in ICU.. so you'll be well rested.. when she come out of ICU... Yes she's going to have a some painful days.. I'm pleased they aren't taking the tubes out until later..sounds like she is on her way to healing ...from this awful scare. It's such a great relief to get this behind you both. Let us know how things are going when you have a few minutes.
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Hello Carl,

That does sound promising. I hope that everything will turn out ok for both of you.

What a relief !

Now it is to wait for the biopsy report . I am praying for her complete recovery .

That's some good news mate - fingers crossed :)