Timeline of Patty's Surgery Tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/24)

8 A.M. - Patty will be going into Mercy Hospital to fill out her paperwork.

8:30 AM - Patty will go to Nuclear Medicine to get a dye injection.  This is how they'll determine if there are lymph nodes involved in her cancer.  If the dye doesn't travel to her lymph nodes, then they won't be removed. We are hoping that is the case because that means the chances that the cancer has spread to other parts of her body is greatly reduced.  If the dye does travel to her lymph nodes, then she will receive additional surgery underneath her arm to have them removed.

9:30 AM - Patty will go to radiology to have two guide wires inserted in the exact spot the cancer resides.  The surgeon will use these guide wires to pinpoint the cancer's location during the removal process.

2:00 PM - Patty will go into surgery to have the cancer removed.  Two golf ball sized sections will be removed around the cancer sites.

4:00 PM Patty will come out of surgery and cook us all dinner.

Patty will recover and attend radiation (and possibly chemo) on March 8th.