A Regan Update:

Last Thursday Regan had surgery on his neck to remove the thyroid cancer from his lymph nodes. It was a long day that started at 3:30 in the morning (surgery was at 7:15 am) and for those of us who came home, we didn't arrive back home until around 9. The surgery lasted 5 1/2 hours and went just the way the surgeon wanted it to go and they were able to get out all the lymph nodes they wanted to get!! Robin, Jake, and I waited to see Regan until 3:00 in the afternoon...ugh! I went and picked him up Saturday morning to bring him home with the drain still in, so that meant that I got to empty that and measure the amount of "fluid" that was coming out...not as gross as it sounds!! And I still am cleaning his incision 3 times a day...Nurse Katie is my new name!! Robin, Kathy, Regan, the boys, and I had a "relaxing" weekend at home to let the healing process begin!! I took him Tuesday morning back to Iowa City to get the drain out - he felt 100% better after they took it out!!! Tomorrow morning we go to our doctor here in town to get his stitches out! In a month Regan will go back to meet with the surgeon for a check up and talk about what the next step is for him in this process! We thank you all for the prayers and look forward to getting this whole process over with, but are truly thankful for our family and our church family!! Our church family has been bringing meals for almost a week and let me tell you, they are delicious!!!!