Genie O'Brien Glaser

The "Fearless Girl" on Wall Street aka Genie is on a new journey to "Kick Kidney Cancer"  with help  and prayers of Tim, Lauren, Perri, Kristen, Harley Delilah Brandy(dog) and Genie's friends & family from New Jersey, Annandale, VA, JMU, NYC, Washington, DC, Lake Tahoe, Virginia Beach and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/3525-venkatesh-krishnamurthi

January     28, 2019 Cleveland Clinic - Open Partial Nephrectomy - Estimated 3-4 hours Arrival time 5:30am

Background:
After months of occasional stomach illnesses, my family urged me to have to see a specialist. My Father is a colorectal cancer survivor so all O'Brien's have a fear of colon cancer. 
August 2018                 Gastroentologist

October 2018              Endoscopy (6 cm hiatel hernia) and Colonoscopy (negative for cancer)
November 2018 - Chicago, IL - Finance Conference for work
November 2018 - Thanksgiving w/Erin & kids and jumped on an Amtrak for Kristen's Sweet 16th Surprise trip to New York City!

December 05, 2018  UTI with blood - Urgent Care diagnosis Acute pyelonephritis, a sudden and severe kidney infection.
December  09, 2018 Urgent Care states "No bacteria was cultured from the UTI /Acute pyelonephritis"December 10, 2018 Gastroentology appt.  Physician Assistant sends me to a urologist because "Dec 5th UTI urine culture showed no bacteria"
December 19 - 28, 2018 Keystone, Colorado - Amazing Christmas skiing in Colorado
January       02, 2019, CT Scan with & without Contrast

January      04, 2019, I was diagnosed with Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma Stage 1b

January 8, 2019 Urology of Virginia - Surgical appointment w/Tim

January 15, 2019 Cleveland Clinic - Kidney Cancer - Surgical Second Opinion with Genie, Tim & Erin O'Brien

January 16, 2019 John Hopkins Sibley Memorial Cancer - Surgical Third Opinion with Genie, Tim & Erin O'Brien
January 25, 2019 Cleveland Clinic Preoperative appointments

January    28, 2019 Cleveland Clinic - Open Partial Nephrectomy - Estimated 3-4 hours Arrival time 5:30am

Please keep the prayers coming for me, my family and my medical team @ Cleveland Clinic