Cathy made it through round 1 of surgery very well today!  She is upstairs resting now, having just mild pain.  That pain should probably ramp up pretty significantly tomorrow, though.  Dr. Manders made just a small incision under her armpit, but said that she went in deeply through that incision and pretty close to the chest wall.  The blue dye and the radioactive dye both tracked well through her lymph system and Dr. Manders was able to identify 6 lymph nodes for extraction.  She called the lymph nodes "tiny," which is a good indication, as heavily infected lymph nodes are generally larger.  She did caution, however, that there is still a possibility of isolated cancer cells within those lymph nodes.  We will know the outcome of the pathology on those lymph nodes on Monday, probably.  In the meantime, Cathy is going to rest and heal.