Jan is finally at peace today July 25, 2007.

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Today Jan is celebrating in Heaven. At 1:00, July 25th, we said good-bye to her for the last time. It was very peaceful. Paige, Mallory, LeaAnn and I were with her.SERVICE WILL BE AT NOON FRIDAY AT ROSEHILL CEMETARY.On July 6th 2006 Jan was admitted to St. Johns in Tulsa with a complaint of dizziness, headache, tiredness and double vision. Through a series of tests by Dr. Rapacki (a nerosurgen) a mass was discovered in her brainstem. The mass was later diagnosed as stage 4 brainstem glial blastoma. The dizziness, headaches, etc. was being caused by a buildup of spinal fluid in her brain. It was decided that a temporary shunt be installed to drain off the excess fluid. This was done on Sunday July 9th. A considerable amount of fluid was drained and Dr. Rapacki sent some of to be tested. Since the mass is in such a critical area of her brain, no surgeon in Tulsa was willing to do a biopsy. After the fluid was examined and tested, it was concluded that no cancer cells were present in the fluid which meant that the cancer was contained in the one mass, and it would be safe to put in the permanent shunt. This was done on Friday July 14th. She was moved out of the S.I.C.U. on July 15, and we took her home on Sunday July 16.
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Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:32:00 GMT

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Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:30:00 GMT

Blood work today

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Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT

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Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:41:00 GMT

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Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:35:00 GMT

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Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:12:00 GMT

update

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Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:08:00 GMT

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Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 20:28:00 GMT

Home at last, thank God Almighty we are home at last..or at least the hotel.

Jan is laying in bed at the HOTEL! thats right we are out of the hospital. Mom is picking up a pizza and we are going to eat and then Jan is going to sleeeeep. I do not blame her, she is exhausted but...
Posted by on Mon, 28 May 2007 13:11:00 GMT