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Family and Friends, it is indeed that time again. Justin is headed into surgery next Thursday, January 23rd, for more “debulking” and likely another HIPEC (hyperthermic  intraperitoneal chemotherapy) treatment. During his last surgery, although a grueling 18 hours, doctors were unable to address disease on his liver. Since then, his disease has thankfully remained relatively slow…

Today marks exactly one year since Justin’s grueling, 18-hour surgery and I find myself at an utter loss for words. Wow. What a year. From this. We were told it would be tough. Certainly not a journey for the faint of heart. But my champion rose to the occasion. I haven’t had a post in…

Can you believe it? Six months ago today, Justin was still in surgery and boy, has this been a journey. Let me start by saying that Justin is overall doing well and feels ok most days. That being said, he still has many days of pain and discomfort. His bowels continue to heal and improve…

Soooo… fun times at UC Health today. Oh yeah, we’re still here. From OR lore, Justin’s IVC filter was placed all wonky in his vein so they had a difficult time sheathing and removing it. There were other stories of looking at the clot in his leg using contrast and this and that, blah-dee-blah, blah.…

Aside from this cray thunderstorm, it’s pretty quiet at the Yarbrough domicile. Justin just woke up from sleeping off the anesthesia from his port placement procedure today. Although it felt way too soon to be back at the hospital, this was at least elective and as a nurse put it, “an investment” in his future.…

…to my favorite human. To my hero. To my love. Officially yesterday, but in my defense, he kept me out late 😜 Cheers to the next year of challenges and triumphs!

I’ve been patiently waiting for that first pound gained since this all began nearly 14 weeks ago. And here I sit, still waiting. Justin’s appetite has returned, so it’s not the lack thereof. It’s most likely the frequency of bathroom trips still and the much, much shortened small bowel to absorb nutrition. We are riding…

Justin has been home for about 10 days and there really hasn’t been too much to report. Aside from very frequent bathroom visits, everything else has been going well. Today, Justin had his post-op visit with the surgeon who cleared him to return to the Imodium regiment. This has already, in 8 hours, been a…

Looks like we’ll be going home today!

Justin decided to take the day off. A day off from talking and eating and being awake… Pretty sure I’ve now seen every episode of Live PD, including the new one tonight. Justin was briefly up when the doctor came in around 8:00 this morning, to tell him the standard fibs… that he’s eating and…