DEAR FRIENDS,
WE NEED SOME PRAYERS, PLEASE. MY AUNT SANDY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND WILL UNDERGO SURGERY TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:30 AM EST TO REMOVE THE CANCEROUS TUMOR. IT WAS FOUND DURING A ROUTINE MAMOGRAM. IT IS SMALL AND LOCATED IN HER MILK DUCT. THE DOCTORS ARE QUITE OPTIMIST AT THIS POINT, THOUGH THEY WILL BIOPSY A FEW OF HER LYMP NODES THAT ARE IN QUESTION...WE ARE PRAYING IT HAS NOT SPREAD! SANDY IS MY FAVORITE AUNT...ONLY 9 YEARS OLDER THAN I AM. SHE HAS BEEN MY INSPIRATION ALL MY LIFE. SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND MY FOCUS ON ACADEMICS WAS DEFINTELY MOTIVATED BY SEEING HER SUCCESS. SHE IS THE ANCHOR OF MY FAMILY. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS THE YOUNGEST OF HER 13 SIBLINGS, SHE TAKES CARE OF EVERYONE. SHE HELPED ME BUY MY FIRST CAR AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE. SHE FILLED OUR CHRISTMAS TREE WITH GIFTS WHEN MY MOM DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO DO SO HERSELF. I COULD GO ON AND ON. SHE IS ALSO MOM TO A 7 YEAR OLD SON. MY DAUGHTER AND HER SON ARE JUST 6 WEEKS APART...SO WE EXPERIENCED OUR FIRST PREGNANCIES TOGETHER AS WELL.
SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS JUST A 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN SHE FOUND OUT. THEY ARE MOVING RATHER QUICKLY, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT SHE JUST CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THEY ARE A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT SOME LYMPH NODES THAT THEY SCREENED TODAY.
SO I AM ASKING THAT IF YOU READ THIS, TO PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY A PRAYER FOR HER. PRAY THAT THE CANCER HAS NOT SPREAD. PRAY THAT THE SURGERY WILL GO WELL. WE NEED HER TO BE OKAY!
THANKS SO MUCH!
Sheree
