My Mom

So I know a lot of you are wondering about my mom. A couple weeks ago they found cancer in her colon and scheduled a colon resection surgery to remove the tumor for Feb. 14th. I flew in late on the 12th and woke up to snow on the 13th. I haven't seen snow in years so it was really fun and pretty to experience that again. Little did I think, I would have to drive in the snow and ice in the early morning to get to the hospital (over 100 miles).

We left at 4:45am for the surgery and made it in time by 7am. Mom got checked in and they took her back. We didn't get updates along the way (besides a board stating she was in surgery) At about 2pm, the doctor finally came out and said they were finishing her up. They got the entire tumor out!!!!! The colon resection went "excellent" and they were able to do it Laparoscopically and not open her up all of the way. So everything went fantastic! It couldn't have gone any better. Praise God! He truely has answered many prayers and all of our trust is in Him. Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Today is day 2 in the hospital. She is starting a liquid diet today (1 day ahead of schedule). She is recovering very well. I am impressed by her determination and good spirit. We will find out by Friday if the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. IF it has spread, she will need chemotherapy BUT her doctor said that with colon cancer, it is very responsive to chemo and she may not even lose her hair. She should be in the hospital for at-least 5 days before being discharged.

So I ask that you please all pray for my mom's recovery and that her results come back negative for the cancer spreading.

Yesterday was a very long day to say the least. I went out to eat with my sister for dinner and leave it to the girl that travels half way across the country to find a stray dog in the parking lot of the restaurant. My heart is too big to just leave so I tried so hard to catch her. It was a yellow lab/shepherd mix. She was probably only 8 months old. It was obviously that she had been beaten by her previous owner because she was incredibly timid and scared. It was so cold outside that I couldn't stand the thought of leaving her. So after a while of trying to catch her, I called in reinforcements. I haven't seen Stephanie (Scott's sister) in a few months but yet I called her to help me catch a pup :) We tried everything and failed. Unfortunately we had to leave. I tried for nearly two hours but I don't think the pup would come for anything she was so scared. For the life of me, I don't understand how people can be so cruel to do this to animals. So this post isn't supposed to be about that but you can see how stressful the day continued to go.

Luckily I finally got more than 2 hours of sleep last night which is good seeing that Missouri weather does not treat me well. I am losing my voice and coughing up green stuff (yes TMI). I don't know how to adjust to this weather. I am a wimp if it is less than 60 degrees out. Getting sick on top of all of this is no good.

Mom is doing much better today and I ask that you please pray for her. I thank you for all your continued support and am very grateful for the warm wishes we are receiving.