Today is a day we have been praying for and concerned about since they day we learned of Ashley’s breast cancer back in November. Today is the day of her bi-lateral mastectomy. Today, Dr. Michael Orseck and Dr. Richar Orr will work as a team to remove all of her breast tissue and reconstruct her breasts using the flaps of her abdominal area. It’s a surgery that is expected to last over eight hours. Ashley is ready. She has been confident of this procedure from the day Dr. Amy Murrell suggested it. This path helps prevent her from the need of chemo, radiation hormone therapy and rids her body of breast cancer forever. The surgery will be followed by many weeks of recovery, a second surgery for revisions and then some minor cosmetic procedures to finish the process… but the cancer will be gone today! The Lord has been so good to us through this entire journey and we are very grateful for family, church family and the entire Florence community who has supported us in this process. We never thought cancer would hit our family, but through it all we are deeply grateful for good medical care and the hope of our Lord, Jesus Christ.