“This whole time I’ve been determined to go back to work,” said Cedar Rapids Police Officer Shannon Sampson. “I haven’t worn the uniform since February 11, and the day I get to put it back on will be a big day.” Sampson, a crime prevention and community outreach officer with the police department, has spent the past eight months recovering from major spinal and chest surgery to remove a potato-sized tumor that was nestled up against her spinal cord and growing into her chest cavity.