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As many of you know, Nicci is undergoing her surgery of this fall in a few weeks. She and Brent have endured a lot the last several years - these last few months have been an adventure. If you can and are able, let's lend some support. Updates post surgery will be posted here - you can follow this page for more information! For our in Phoenix friends, we are starting a meal train - calendar below! We will update once Nicci is out of surgery with any restrictions/preferences. We have added instacart for grocery shopping needs so that they can pick what they need and use the gift cards for easy delivery! ________ From Nicci's FB Page 10/26/2024: I have had a few people ask what the next surgery is. Well, this surgery will be open surgery (sadly, not laparoscopic) for my surgical oncologist to go in and "clean up" the cancer in my abdomen. The plan is, he will be removing anything he can see, along with taking my spleen (there is cancer on it too), then another HIPEC washing of everything. This one will be big, along the lines of my stomach and gallbladder removal back in 2021. He expects the surgery to run at least 6+ hrs and I'll be in the hospital for about 7 days. Our hope with all of this is it will elongate the time between reoccurrence OR the biggest hope, it will keep the cancer from coming back. I am a part of a clinical trial at MD Anderson, as there isn't a lot of data out there with all of this and stomach cancer patients. I am hopeful that between this and the immunotherapy, things will turn out good. Only time will tell! Until then, I'll keep snuggling with my girls. _______
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Hello All! Thank you for joining the page and for all the thoughts, prayers, and support! This surgery is different from all my others, so we aren't really sure what to expect! Quite a few of you have reached out and asked what we need or if there is anything you can do to help as we move into this next round of surgery. My wonderful friend, Aimee, set up this age for a meal train! The BIGGEST help for us would be with meals. I have been told to expect to be in the hospital for at least 7 days, so Brent will be coming and going between work, home, and the hospital for the first week. As well, his brother will be staying with us to help with the dogs and around the house. We would LOVE any type of comfort food or specialty meal you make that would be easily heated and stored. Things like stew, chili, lasagna, some sort of casserole, pot roast, etc... The only thing neither of us care for are mushrooms. OR if you are not local and close to us, feel free to send meals from local restaurants. I have some of our favorite restaurants listed below: Rosati's Pizza -1050 E Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85225 (480) 401-5555 Hot Wok Chinese - 1050 E Ray Rd, #136, Chandler, AZ 85225 (480) 812-2898 Valle Luna - 1949 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85224 (480) 786-3100 Jolie's Place - 140 W Warner Rd, Chandler, AZ 85225 (480) 786-0436 When I am out of the hospital, my diet will need to consist of HIGH PROTEIN such as chicken, fish, eggs, cottage cheese, etc, LOW FIBER, lightly seasoned and limited amount of fried foods. Please take a look at the schedule and pick a day that works for you!! We greatly appreciate anything that you may send our way as it helps take something off our plate to come up with! Thanks in advance! -Nicci and Brent