Cristina's benefit Sunday August 23rd at 7pm

Save the date....Cristina's benefit will be at Kelly's on sunday August 23rd at 7pm.......more information to come!

The Next Step

So....Cristina is making good progress. She is healing well and now has to follow up with the Medical and Radiation Oncologists. And so it is time. She is ready for us to do a benefit. We are getting together all the information about how Cristina would like her benefit. As I have more information I'll let you know how you can help too!
So thanks again for all the prayers.

Test's

Yeah, Woo Hoo, Yee Haw......Cristina had a follow up visit today and her lab results were back from the surgery. The surgery was a success and it appears that they removed all of the tumor!
She still has to have additional follow up appointments as she heals, but this is big news!
So say a prayer of thanks, beat a drum, sing a song. :)

Coming Home

So Cristina had a successful surgery and she will be coming home today. She will still have to travel back and forth for follow-up appointments for a little while. She is in good spirits and wants to thank everyone that sent good thoughts and love her way, it definitely helped. Now we wait for the pathology reports to come back, but we are hopeful they removed all of the tumor.
We will let you know the next step....thanks again!

Surgery

So....the date is February 20th! Cristina will go up to Johns Hopkins on the 16th for pre-operative work and stay in town for her surgery on the 20th. Cristina has a great family and they have set up a schedule to make sure that she has alot of support (thanks to her cousin Christy!). Hopefully she will be in the hospital less than a week. When we know what date she'll be coming home, we'll pass that along. So keep her in your thoughts, say a prayer, light a candle, sing a song, beat a drum or whatever it is you do.....thanks for the love!

3 Little Birds Sat on my Window...

So, New York was a great trip! We sang to a cab driver, sat in the serenity room (see the picture :) and giggled alot.

Oh yeah, we also went to Sloan Kettering and got alot of great information. Cristina decided to take a different approach to her surgery after talking to the doctors there. Information is a good thing and it has helped her sift thru all of the different ways to handle the surgery and the aftermath. They will not take out her cheekbone (yeah), but they will remove the maxilla (no, not the jawbone either). Also, she has opted to not have the reconstruction using a piece of her legbone. They will use a different approach.
The good news is that the doctors at Sloan Kettering know her surgeon at Johns Hopkins and they speak highly of him. He also performs this different approach. Some of the pluses include a shorter surgery time and shorter stay in the hospital. The down side is that she has to change the surgery date, but it will probably only be another week away.
So, when we have those dates nailed down, we'll let you know.
Keep sending the love!

New York New York

So, Cristina and I will be off to New York City (say that with a texas accent), on Thursday. She has an appointment on Friday morning at Sloan Kettering. Sloan Kettering is one of the best cancer facilities in the United States and they have a Sarcoma Center. Look out big city, Outer Banks Girls are coming to town.