Below is a text message that Lauren sent to me about a week after her surgery telling me of her frightening experience.
hey there you! long time no talk. my phone was toasted, guess they have had
quite a few recalls on the blackberries bc of the ear pieces not working. i have
been so pooped lately from surgery and all. that day was quite an intense
day!!.. one of the most intense of my life. billmyere, the surgeon, told me that
she wasnt sure if she could even do the surgery on me bc of where the tumor was
lying.but the only way for her to know was to go in and look- meaning if she
couldnt she would sew me up and i would morethan likely bleed to death
-internally. 5 minutes to make the decision.. horrible! the room was full of
tears and i asked them what they all thought i should do. some people couldnt
say, but doing the surgery ruled out, so i prayed to God and that's what i did.
and next thing you know i am waking up, being told that a 5lb tumor, shaped like
a football was taken out of my belly and was also lying down in my chest cavity
too. the news was wonderful to know that i had made it! oh, i thanked God! do
every day :)
After her surgery, a piece of her tumor was overnighted to a lab in Long Beach, California that tested 16 different chemotherapy drugs on the tumor to see if any worked. Seven drugs were found that had some effect on the tumor. We were thrilled. Lauren's tumors have become so resistant to chemotherapy that we were worried that none might be found. These are all very experimental drugs, and honestly, the one that worked the best is commercially unavailable in the United States…..very discouraging.
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