Just the Facts: Enjoyed a great Easter Sunday with family.  Would love to do this day all over again, but also, feel so ready to move on.

Details:  It was a low key day for us, really.  We went to church and then to lunch and hung out outside for most of the afternoon.  Then we cooked burgers on the grill for the first time this season.  SO good!  I had a number of nice surprises, mostly in the way of support from friends in various ways.  Check out what my sweet friend, Rose, had to say in her blog today.  I am overwhelmed at the support I am receiving.

Tomorrow I have to run a bunch of errands, do a number of things on the computer and pack for the hospital.  My sister also arrives tomorrow and I’m so psyched to see her!  I am going to do a workout tomorrow, just something modest and no strength training.  Doing it will help me stay focused better during the day and sleep better tomorrow night.

Prayer Requests: Time to focus on the lymph nodes.  The surgeon will perform a Sentinel Node Biopsy on me in the first part of surgery.  This is a method of checking the lymph node(s) that are most likely to harbor cancer if any of them does.  It is meant to limit the number of nodes that have to be removed, as long as the pathology report indicates that there is no cancer in the sentinel node(s).  Please pray that my sentinel node biopsy comes back CLEAR! Pathology will examine the sample during my surgery and if cancer is not found, no extra nodes will have to be removed (a very good thing, making it more likely for me to return to normal functioning.)  I feel strongly that this biopsy is going to go well.  However, please do pray for a good result.  If cancer is found in the nodes, it means more extensive surgery and chemotherapy for certain.

Please also pray for peace for my sweet husband, Tracy, and my children, Olivia and Mitchell, as well as other friends and family who are closely following my situation.  I pray that all will have the peace that surpasses all understanding. :D