The Real Grey's Anatomy

So as we have established before, I am not a Dr. However, I have watched my fair share of Grey's Anatomy. Let me set up the scene for you, the part of Dr. McDreamy will be played by myself Harley, and the beautiful Katherine Heigel will continue to play Izzy. (We are talking Grey's Anatomy, season 1 with the original cast and back to the good ol' days!)

Set scene: Papa Vern and Nana Bebe show up to oncology center for an x-ray. Papa Vern is having a really hard time breathing so he directs them to Seattle Grace Hospital (aka, Lewisville Medical Center). Papa Vern needs to have an immediate tracheotomy done! (stage directions: in comes Dr. McDreamy, dramatic music playing in the background) Just as Papa Vern struggles to take his last struggling breath, I perform an emergency tracheotomy right there in the ER clinic and save the day! (stage directions: Izzy continues to look gorgeous in her scrubs and surgery mask.)

While it might not have 100% gone down that way, it was something pretty close... Papa Vern had an emergency tracheotomy put in today. While this was unexpected, and painful procedure, we think he will be much better off with the trach. Breathing should be less strained and eventually more comfortable. He is in ICU tonight, and possibly through the weekend, he will be in the hospital for the next 5 days or so. Hopefully not in ICU this whole time, but we do not know at this time.

This procedure did delay the start of chemo and radiation by at least one week. Once we see how the trach is healing we will have a more definitive schedule back in place. Results from the pepscan should be in next week. This test determined if there are anymore active cancer cells in the body.

Please continue to pray faithfully. We are all tired and a little on edge, but doing as well as expected. The love and support is amazing and we truly appreciate all you have been doing.

Much love,
Harley