Aruba Boobas
Today we are one step closer to the happy end of the Nin's cancer journey. Right now she is in surgery for her breast reconstruction. When I say right now, I mean Tuesday July 24th at 7:30am. Not whenever you are reading this. You could be reading this in 2021. Don't be crazy, we're past that cancer shish. But I hope the future is treating you well. I also hope Dippin' Dots are just referred to as ice cream now instead of ice cream of the future. Because you're in the future.
You may have looked at the title of this post and asked yourself what it means. Well, we're taking the kids to Aruba next month so we are calling this the surgery for her "Aruba Boobas". Your next questions is likely, "Where is Aruba?" Or maybe if you're a little slower, "What is an Aruba?" Aruba is an island off the coast of Venezuela. Don't feel bad, I didn't know where Aruba was either. All I know is it's a Caribbean island with sandy beaches and flamingos. Or as Penny likes to call them "Migos".
But not these Migos:
These ones:
It's been a long, tiring journey but we are all so grateful that we are nearing the end of her treatments and procedures with smiles on our faces and a bright future ahead. We know that not everybody going through similar trials is as fortunate as we are and we don't take our situation for granted. We especially don't take Nin's badassery for granted. I've said it before and I'll say it at least seven more times, Nin is a utter badass. She has tackled the last 16 months with a smile on her face and a positive outlook, regardless of what she was facing. I honestly don't think I could have done what she did. If I did, it would be with at least 487 times more complaining and whining.
Me if I went through what Nin did, like the whole time:
Today Dr Kimball Crofts of Aesthetica Plastic Surgery in Lindon, Utah is swapping Nin's expanders for actual implants. For the past 15 months she's had tissue expanders as temporary placeholders between her double mastectomy and implants. She had to have expanders because radiation can encapsulate the tissue around the implant/expander. Which basically means that the body will create scar-like tissue around the expander. This is why Nin couldn't get implants right after her mastectomy. We had to wait and see how her body and tissue would react to the radiation treatments. If you remember from previous blog posts, which seem like a lifetime ago, radiation therapy causes the skin to become somewhat leather-like and causes it to lose its elasticity. So the expanders Nin has had in her chest have been just holding the space so the implants have a nice warm home waiting just for them. It's like when someone warms up your spot in a cold bed. If you don't have somebody that does that for, you should. You're worth it.
Update from the future. Well, technically from your past but from the future of the inception of this blog post. It is now Thursday July 26th. Nin has done really well with the surgery. So well in fact that we left the hospital around 2pm on the day of surgery (about 2 hours after she got out), went to Nektar Juice Bar to get an Acai Bowl, then drove straight to our friend's pool party on our way home. Yes, Nin went from surgery to a pool party. Because she's Nin so, why not.
While she didn't technically get in the pool, she did hang out with her feet in a bucket of water. Count it!
She's taken it easy the past couple days. She's more sore today than she has been. Nothing like the mastectomy but sore enough that she has been laying in bed resting and watching movies all day. Tomorrow we head back down South for a follow up appointment with Dr Crofts.
In summary, Nin is doing great. She's sore but doing better than we expected. For those of you going through a similar journey, from our experiences the swap from expanders to implants is a breeze compared to the mastectomy. Wherever you are in your journey, it gets better! Keep your heads up then go to a pool party with your new foobs. #SpringBreak!
You may have looked at the title of this post and asked yourself what it means. Well, we're taking the kids to Aruba next month so we are calling this the surgery for her "Aruba Boobas". Your next questions is likely, "Where is Aruba?" Or maybe if you're a little slower, "What is an Aruba?" Aruba is an island off the coast of Venezuela. Don't feel bad, I didn't know where Aruba was either. All I know is it's a Caribbean island with sandy beaches and flamingos. Or as Penny likes to call them "Migos".
But not these Migos:
These ones:
It's been a long, tiring journey but we are all so grateful that we are nearing the end of her treatments and procedures with smiles on our faces and a bright future ahead. We know that not everybody going through similar trials is as fortunate as we are and we don't take our situation for granted. We especially don't take Nin's badassery for granted. I've said it before and I'll say it at least seven more times, Nin is a utter badass. She has tackled the last 16 months with a smile on her face and a positive outlook, regardless of what she was facing. I honestly don't think I could have done what she did. If I did, it would be with at least 487 times more complaining and whining.
Me if I went through what Nin did, like the whole time:
Today Dr Kimball Crofts of Aesthetica Plastic Surgery in Lindon, Utah is swapping Nin's expanders for actual implants. For the past 15 months she's had tissue expanders as temporary placeholders between her double mastectomy and implants. She had to have expanders because radiation can encapsulate the tissue around the implant/expander. Which basically means that the body will create scar-like tissue around the expander. This is why Nin couldn't get implants right after her mastectomy. We had to wait and see how her body and tissue would react to the radiation treatments. If you remember from previous blog posts, which seem like a lifetime ago, radiation therapy causes the skin to become somewhat leather-like and causes it to lose its elasticity. So the expanders Nin has had in her chest have been just holding the space so the implants have a nice warm home waiting just for them. It's like when someone warms up your spot in a cold bed. If you don't have somebody that does that for, you should. You're worth it.
Update from the future. Well, technically from your past but from the future of the inception of this blog post. It is now Thursday July 26th. Nin has done really well with the surgery. So well in fact that we left the hospital around 2pm on the day of surgery (about 2 hours after she got out), went to Nektar Juice Bar to get an Acai Bowl, then drove straight to our friend's pool party on our way home. Yes, Nin went from surgery to a pool party. Because she's Nin so, why not.
While she didn't technically get in the pool, she did hang out with her feet in a bucket of water. Count it!
She's taken it easy the past couple days. She's more sore today than she has been. Nothing like the mastectomy but sore enough that she has been laying in bed resting and watching movies all day. Tomorrow we head back down South for a follow up appointment with Dr Crofts.
In summary, Nin is doing great. She's sore but doing better than we expected. For those of you going through a similar journey, from our experiences the swap from expanders to implants is a breeze compared to the mastectomy. Wherever you are in your journey, it gets better! Keep your heads up then go to a pool party with your new foobs. #SpringBreak!
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