Thank you

Thank you all for your concern and kind thoughts.  Maggie did wonderfully today.  After the procedure, we were advised that Maggie should lay low for the day, to let the anesthesia wear off, to get some rest.  Well, she was bouncing around just like any other day.  She had some stories to tell this evening, for instance saying that she didn't like this kind of doctor's appointment (she enjoys visiting the hem/onc clinic and Dr. French and the nurses).  Also, of the anesthesia mask that they put in her face,  she recalled "I told them I didn't want to smell it!"  Upon waking and finding an uncomfortable IV in her foot, she cried and cried and said, "My foot says get it off of me!  My foot says get me out of here!"  She showed her red-haired spunk that has gotten her through so much.

As for the results, we couldn't be happier.  Her stomach looks normal, only minimal signs that something was wrong in the past but had since healed.  Her bronchoscopy was normal, too.  Her lungs, most importantly, looked good, too.  The doctors never knew what to tell us about the kind of recovery her lungs would have, wondering if she'd have permanent damage from the scarring.  However, we were told today that her lungs looked normal!  Not just "good considering what she went through," but NORMAL!

So, again, we couldn't be any happier.  We have to wait a couple of days to get results from the cell cultures from both her lungs and stomach (the last word), but based on the way she looked, we don't have too much to worry about.

Finally, her port is gone, no longer needed, and it came out easily and without complication.

More good days are ahead for Maggie and her family!