LeeAnne Hayden

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6 year Stoma-Versary!

Guess what today is?????

It's Ivan my ostomies 6th Birthday!!!!!

Six years ago today my amazing Drs, Dr Leslie Demars and Dr Joga Ivatury removed a sarcoma tumor the size of a nerf football out of my pelvis and I woke up ALIVE and in a colostomy which I named (Ivan) after Dr Ivatury, for life.

The first thing I asked Dr Ivatury when I woke up was "did we get the f'r" he smiled and said yes.

The next thing I asked John was "am I in a bag?" He reluctantly said "yes". My reaction?? "Ok now let's get me out of here so we can go to California for my event with Tyra”

I had such a different view on life when I woke up. God left me here to do some work and I was not going to let HIM down by playing small. I was going to live my life HUGE and give back to this world as much as I can.

That's the way I've spent these last six years and I can't wait to see where my life goes from here!

Huge thank you to my wonderful Drs, my amazing family, my friends, all of you and especially to GOD for allowing me to remain.