W came by the house yesterday evening to tell the kids. She was in meetings all day yesterday with the surgeon and with doctors and counselors. She is scheduling the surgury for about 2 weeks out. In the meantime she is getting the BRCA test done. For those that don't know, it's a test to determine if the woman has the breast cancer mutation gene, if it is present the chances are high of a recurrence of breast cancer in the future. W has decided to have a double mastectomy and hysterectomy if she tests positive. If negative, she is going to proceed with a lumpectomy instead. Either way she will have to do chemo, and probably radiation.
The kids seemed to take it fine, they asked several questions and W was well-prepared with her responses since she had just talked to the surgeon. S10 really didn't seem to understand, but D16 and D18 know what their aunt went through so they know what's ahead.
W brought a cake by, it was a really cool 4th of July cake she had made that looked like a flag when sliced open. Very creative! We all had some of it and then she left 1/4 of it for us to eat later. After she left I took a shower and came out to find my mini dachsund up on the table with her face buried in the cake, LOL! She appeared to really enjoy it!
