Through It All.........Our Family's Journey through the Valleys, Mountaintops, and the Peaceful Plateaus of Life.

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Our Family's Journey through the Valleys, Mountaintops, and the Peaceful Plateaus of Life

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

My Mother-in-law's Surgery

Mike, BJ, and I spent all of Monday down at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus along with Mike's Dad, and a brother and sister, while his mother had her mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. It was a long wait, as she didn't get into surgery until late in the day, and wasn't into the recovery room until 7 p.m., and then not up to her own room until around 9.

The good news is that the doctors said that the pathology reports on the lymph nodes was negative!!! We were so very, very thankful to hear this. Since the tumor was so large, and had fingers extending out from it, she will quite likely still undergo chemo and radiation, as this is still considered a Stage 2 cancer. But she is looking wonderful, feeling so good that we can't believe it, and is very optimistic.

We got home at around midnight Monday, and to my surprise, my oldest son Josh and his wife Katie were here!!! I knew that they were to be up from Mississippi (we live in Ohio) for him to visit the two law schools that he had gotten scholarships for, but he had told me that he would not be able to get up to see us. I was SO GLAD to see him! So of course we sat up till around 4ish talking. What a long, long day.

Mike's mom was released from the hospital already yesterday, so Josh and Katie and all the rest of us made the rounds of all the "sickies" in the family. We went to visit my dad and Aunt Ginny at the nursing home, and I made sure to take lots of pictures. Josh won't be home again for sure till the end of July, so I wanted to be certain to get good pictures of him with his Grandpa "just in case."

Dad is doing really, really good though, and should be back in his own house this weekend. Aunt Ginny is doing well with her therapy. She is telling everyone that Kathy is coming to stay with her and that she is going home this weekend. I don't believe that will be the case! She is also telling them all that I will be there 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. I do believe that she and I need to have a little chat about that! Aunt Mary's doctors are deciding how to handle her colon cancer, and my sister-in-law's surgery last Wed. went well. They believe they got all the cancer from behind her ear, but the path reports showed it to be a more aggressive squamous cell than originally thought. So we hope and pray that they got it all.

Josh and Katie stayed till late last night so we could have a good old-fashioned family game night, which was so nice. It was good to have something "normal" in this month that has been so horribly "not normal." Then they left so that they could visit more with the law schools and check out housing and a job for Katie.

Thanks for all of your prayers! I really, really am counting on them to carry me through each day lately.

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Posted by drewsfamilytx

Praying for you! That is quite a lot that you have to deal with all at the same time. How wonderful and encouraging for you to have Josh and Katie there! God always seems to send us a little sunshine just when we need it. :-)

Love,
Marsha

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Juldos

So sorry to hear about all of the sickness in your family. I have two dear friends battling cancer right now (breast and ovarian). Will check back often to read updates and will add them to my prayer list. I'm thankful that your mil's lymph node was clear, such a good sign.
I know the time with your son and his wife was precious and the timing was a gift from above.
Julie D.

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