Mom Update

I'm posting another update about my mom. This was in an e-mail that my sister sent to everyone.

Dear Family and Friends,
We wanted to give all of you an update on Mom. First, she is recuperating from the surgery ok. She takes more "Rest Breaks" than she used to and has gone back to work.
Mom saw the oncologist last Friday. She and Dad spent 4 hours there....getting blood work done, seeing the doctor and getting all sorts of information that had their heads swimming when they left.
We were hoping and praying that Mom would only need radiation but she will have to have both chemo and radiation. She will have her first chemo treatment on December 3rd and every 3 weeks after that for 6 treatments. After the chemo treatments she will have radiation.
This next week will be spent seeing a surgeon to insert a port since they will be drawing so much blood and they can't use her right arm. This will also be used to get the chemo into her body. She also has to have a bone scan, liver scan and a lung scan done as well. On Thursday, she will have an echocardigram done on her heart, because one of the drugs she will be getting can do damage to the heart muscle.

Things to pray for specifically:
-That Mom will stay strong through all of her chemo treatments.
-That she will not get sick from her treatments.
-She will most likely loose her hair, pray that this will be easy to deal with, not a burden.
-Dad that he will also stay healthy through all of this.
-The mental aspect of all of this.
-Understanding, everything the doctors tell us.
I know there is more, but this is a start. Please also keep Kimberly and I in your prayers as well. We will keep you posted as the treatments start.


Hope everyone has a wonderful "Thanksgiving Holiday". We need to remember that in the life of a believer, God "works all things together for good" (Romans 8:28) and that includes cancer.

Thank you to those who are continuing to pray for us. Like my sister said, we will try to keep everyone updated throughout this. I hope everyone is doing well.

Have a HAPPY Thanksgiving!

A Quick Update

Just a quick little update to let all of you know what's going on with my Mom.

Mom had her surgery on Thursday morning. It was about a 3 hour surgery. I didn't go back to Dallas because I figured she would need me more when I come home for the holidays. My sister kept me up-to-date with everything. She said that the nurse called them every 30 minutes to 1 hour to let them know of the progress. Now.. how many doctors really do that?!? Anyways... she came through it like a little trooper. My dad said it was kinda funny being on this side of the table. (My dad has had his fair share of surgeries and hospital stays... more than we would like to count!) I called Mom on Friday morning. She said that she had got sick several times and was dizzy. She had a phone call into the doctor but hadn't heard of anything. She sounded very sleepy. I asked her if she was in any pain and she said that she didn't really have a lot. That is a good thing.

I haven't called back to check on her, but I will later on today. I will try to keep you updated on how things are going. Please continue to keep us all in your prayers. We appreciate all of them.