Update

Sorry it has been a few weeks, I went on vacation and have been extremely busy catching up!! I will try to do my best at explaining the updates to the best of my ability. SO while I was away mom had another stent put in her liver and they went ahead and put one in her pancreas so she wouldn't get pancreatitis. She also saw a geneticist and found out she has Lynch Syndrome which pretty much means she has a much greater risk of getting colon cancer and a few other cancers. So she went and had a colonoscopy yesterday and will find out results in 5-10 days. Since mom has Lynch Syndrome this means us kids have to have colonoscopies done every year as well and we have a greater risk of getting one of those cancers!!! Oh Joy!!!

This week mom has set up a visit to the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis for a second opinion next Tuesday and a third opinion on Wednesday to visit the Cancer of America I think in Oklahoma??? Hopefully Wednesday she can make a decision and hopefully get back and start chemo Thursday or Friday and then do her surgery at one of the 3 hospitals!!!

Once again it has been a very tough, trying and emotional week for mom. Constant phone calls to doctors and hospitals and then waiting on phone calls back along with mixed messages!!

Specific Prayers: Please pray that her cancer still is contained in a small area, that God gives her the right doctor and hospital choice, patience and healing.

To lighten the mood, my story for today is just a thankfulness of the most amazing mom anyone could only WISH for! As a little girl, only my mom could tuck me in, she would lay down with me in bed and read me a bedtime story. I can still hear her yawning in my ear. Before I knew it she was fast asleep!! I am not sure when she would sneak away but I would always find her by morning because I would sneak into her bed and put my cold piggies on her legs and sleep with her until morning!!  I love you mom! Stay strong, God will send some great answers to us next week. Keep your head up high!!