post surgery

I thought I would update you all on mom after the surgery...

Surgery was Wednesday. The doctor said he got 99% of the cancer. He also said he removed over 6 liters of fluid. CRAZY! Her omentum (which is normally similiar to a thin, lacy cloth) was about 2 inches thick, hard as a brick, and full of tumors. We are certainly glad that's outta there! He also said he didn't see where the cancer had spread to any other sorrounding organs. We are so thankful for this! We are hoping and believing she will respond very well to the chemo and will soon be cancer free! Today the nurse came in to remove the dressing over her incision which is about 12 inches long. I was a little nervous about how this would look, but was quite pleased when I saw it. No redness or anything. It looks really good. Mom was out from the meds and slept most of the time I was there. We were thankful she was sleeping... hopefully keeping her mind away from the pain. On a side note, Tuesday afternoon Patrick said that a friend of his said his mom had a historectomy and was mean afterwards. He wanted to know if mom was going to be that way. We laughed about it. I told him I didn't think mom would ever be mean. I also told mom about this conversation. After the surgery, and I mean' right after, as they wheeled her to her room, she looked at Patrick and said, "See, I'm not mean." She is so funny! Even with all that she has gone through, not once has she had a pity party, been upset, or even frustrated for that matter. She is still the same ol' momma who makes us all laugh continously with her jokes and admire at the same time with her undisturbed faith that Jesus is all over this.

Today I travelled back up to St. Joseph's after my daycare duties of course. She was a hoot, ya'll. Oh my goodness. She was feeling nauseaus so they gave her some medicine for relief. Apparently it made her a bit loopy (more so than usual) haha! As I walked into the room she said, "fasten your seatbelt Jo," meaning she knew she was talking crazy. She was feeding herself pork, mashed potatoes, and ginger snaps, cleaning out the car, putting shoes in her closet, told dad to go to Kroger because they could count it faster, she told Martha Jo to pick up Austin, she wanted the Dr.'s fax number, asked me what Chris was doing tonight because she wanted him and Jeremy to talk to the lawyer, and the list goes on and on.... After she said something, I couldn't help but laugh. She would come out of it for a minute and realize that she was making absolutly no sense and roll her eyes or laugh but it wasn't 2 minutes and she was at it again. I told her at least she was keeping us entertained. We got her out of the bed. She stood up and then sat in a chair for about 10 minutes. So that is definitely progress.

That's all for now.
I will try to keep you updated.
Joanna