Surgery was successful!!

Beth had her surgery today. We went to the hospital at 6 am and they wheeled her back at 7:30 (I only got a LITTLE teary eyed). The first part of her surgery (the double mastectomy with lymph node removal) took about 4 hours, at which time the plastic surgeon took over and started the reconstruction. He finished up about 2 and a half hours later and she's now in recovery. They expect that she'll be there for another 2 hours or so and then will go to her room, where we can finally see her.

We've had lots of company coming in and out of the waiting room today, checking on Beth, offering to bring us food and drinks and keeping us distracted. We have been posting updates on Facebook, and that's usually where you'll see updates first.

Although Beth believes she'll be feeling well enough to go home tomorrow, this is major surgery and with three kids and three dogs at home, most of her family and friends feel maybe another day in the hospital wouldn't be such a bad idea :) But, that's a battle (and I do mean BATTLE) for tomorrow.

Once again, thank you everyone for the encouraging words and prayers for Beth.