Surgery Day!!!

February 14, 2013 - I have to be at MD Anderson at 5:15 a.m. for surgery at 7:30 a.m. It's an 8 hour surgery so I'm extremely nervous and scared.  Mom, my sissy, and me left the house at 4:00 a.m. I drove there because I won't be able to drive for at least a month. I got checked in and my mom came in the pre-op room where I had to get changed into a gown and start having my vitals taken. Around 6:15 my reconstructive surgeon Dr. Crosby came in to draw on me so my surgeon Dr. Caudle would know what tissue not to take and to go over her procedure with my mom.  I don't think I ever blogged that I decided to have a double mastectomy because my chances of the cancer coming back in 20 years was 25% - 50%. Too much of a risk for me and going through this emotional roller coaster once is enough for me. 

Me and Mom before surgery

My sexy circulation socks and my chucks.  I'm so working this gown. LOL!

After that my mom switched places with my sissy so she could sit with me before being wheeled to the operating room. The anesthesiologist came in and had me sign some consent forms before they got started on their process.  So feel free to laugh at the next pics because I did.  I remember the first one but not the second lol

I'm Sexy and I know it!

Yep I go night night. I remember my sissy saying she was going to take the pic but that was all I remember.