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underwent surgery to remove about a third of her liver and her gall bladder, which was diseased.
Still, the pain persisted and after a time grew worse. They operated again in Loudoun and felt the risk was too great to take the chance and continue the surgery. They sent her to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for surgery.
There she saw a liver specialist who told her the tumor on her portal vein (a vein that conducts blood to the digestive organs, spleen, liver, pancreas and gall bladder) was too big and that they could not operate. She was sent home again. They told her to pray for a miracle.
She went back to see Dr. Simms.
Libby began chemotherapy again and stopped about a year ago. “I called a halt to it again. I make my own choices about chemotherapy and my illness.”
‘The way I feel I have won the battle (against cancer) is that first I have had faith in God. Then, I’ve had the love and support of my family and friends. Next, my doctor and her nurses, Marla and Eileen, are very special to me and have supported me. Lastly, my medications and chemo have helped me,” Libby said. “But, without the first three things
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