Joey + Rory’s Joey Feek Undergoes Surgery; Rory Shares Update

Yesterday was a big day for Joey and Rory Feek of the duo Joey & Rory. Joey is currently going through her second battle with cancer underwent surgery on Thursday morning at the Cancer Center of America in Chicago.

Joey + Rory’s Joey Feek Undergoes Surgery; Rory Shares Update

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Yesterday was a big day for Joey and Rory Feek of the duo Joey & Rory. Joey is currently going through her second battle with cancer underwent surgery on Thursday morning at the Cancer Center of America in Chicago.

As he waited for doctor’s to complete his wife’s procedure, Rory took to his blog, “This Life I Live,” to give fans an update on what was happening…

Rory Feek

We woke up this morning in our hotel room to the sound of Indiana rustling in her playpen at the foot of our bed. She was cooing and talking to her hands as the 5:30 am light was streaming in through the curtains. I turned over to Joey and put my hand on hers. She was already awake – covered in sweat, head to toe. We both laid there and listened to our baby for a minute or two, then she turned to me and said, “this is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it”.

He continued…

Fast forward eight hours, and I’m sitting here in the waiting room, selfishly thinking… Joey’s right. This is the day that the Lord has made, cause I wouldn’t have made it this way. The day I would’ve made for my wife would’ve been much different. It would’ve been filled with nothing but joy for her… maybe spent at the farm working in her garden, or playing with Indy in her kiddie pool. If I had made this day, no one would be saying the words cancer or surgery, and we wouldn’t be anywhere near Chicago, or signing a living-will in a hospital bed, and I wouldn’t have to kiss my scared wife goodbye as they wheel her down a hallway to undergo something that no amount of preparing for, can prepare her for.

As the couple revealed in June, Joey has Stage 4 Cervical Cancer. She underwent surgery last June at Centennial hospital in Nashville, but the cancer sadly returned.

The couple have three daughters together, two grown, Heidi and Hopie, and one year old, Indiana.

See the rest of Rory’s update HERE.

Fans wishing to send the family cards can send them to:
Joey Feek
C/O Cancer Treatment Center of America
2520 Elisha Ave.
Zion, IL 60099

UPDATE:

Rory posted an update following Joey’s surgery.

Today was a good day. After a long night of chills and fevers and her body temperature rising and falling…late this morning Joey started stabilizing and coming out of the remaining effects of deep fog the anesthesia had put her in. By noon the nurses had her on her feet and “walking” down the hall – holding onto a walker and her IV tree, as she made dozens of very small steps in the right direction. An hour ago, two of the nurses were gently bathing my bride, telling her stories and french-braiding her hair. This place is truly wonderful.

He continued with the doctor’s thoughts…

The surgery took almost ten hours, so we didn’t get to talk to the doctor or see Joey until after 10 pm last night. When Joey’s surgeon finally came out into the waiting room and sat down with us, he was so kind and wonderful and he talked with us for a long time. He told us that everything had gone well in the surgery and that he believes that they were able to get all of the main tumor removed, along with two infected lymph nodes and other places that were affected. They also did intra-operative radiation on some areas where they weren’t able to get a clear margin. All-in-all, he was very positive and hopeful. So we are too.

See more of the update HERE.