She went into surgery yesterday at 7:30 a.m. and was in the O.R. until 5:15 p.m. yesterday evening. She had three Specialist in the O.R. a Bone specialist, Vascular Surgeon and a Plastic Surgeon. They thought that they may have to remove her thigh muscle, which they did not have to, Thank God. If they did, they would of taken a muscle from her abdomen. After several hours of working to remove the tumor from around bone, nerves and muscle, they finally got it out, I believe around 2:00 in the afternoon and shown no signs of it having spread to anywhere else which was great news.
They removed an 8" section of the nerve running throught the thigh so she will have nerve damage for the rest of her life. They also took out a large piece of her Femur and replaced it with a rod and on top of that, they took out her hip joint because she had been walking so long with this that it destroyed the joint so, now she has a new hip joint. She will most likely have months of Rehabilitive therapy and will have to walk with a cane for the rest of her life but, I like the sound of, the rest of her life. She will most likely have to continue to do the Radiation and Chemo. for awhile.
By the way, the treatment she had gotten leading up to the surgury did nothing to help. According to her Dr. the tumor may have even grown a little. So now we wait and recover and hope they don't find any Cancer post op.
Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers