Thankful...

I have wanted to write this post for a while but life has been a blur for the past few days. We had much to be thankful for this year on Thanksgiving and I wanted to make sure I wrote to let everyone know...

I am very thankful for my husband who literally ran me up and down the highway to visit my mom and the rest of my family while she was in the hospital. He was always patient with me when I overdid it, and tried his hardest to keep an eye on his very pregnant wife.

I am thankful for our wonderful friends and family who have prayed for her constantly, visited her in the hospital over the holiday weekend when I know everyone was SO busy to begin with, and who are a constant support to us both.

I am thankful for our wonderful friends who threw our first baby shower last weekend...pictures soon to follow :-)...I promise!

And I am thankful beyond words to God for his comfort and healing of my mom through her second surgery in less than two months. I was so upset at a few points about mom having to have surgery again that I literally couldn't get the words out to talk about it and all I could do was cry and try to pray. God brought me peace once again and brought our family together for a special thanksgiving in the hospital - she even got to eat some of the massive meal she had ordered from a local caterer.

She is home now and recovering again - I am thankful for all of these things - oh and let me not forget...I am also completely thankful for my little boy who kicks me and plays in my tummy nad provides us all with joy when times look a little bleak. He is our reminder that God is ever present and working on little miracles in our lives every second of every day.

Happy late Thanksgiving everyone!

Back at the hospital

We are back at the hospital today...getting to know this place entirely too well! Mom ended up having to have surgery again today to correct the blockage. Ends up that she had some scar tissue from the last surgery that was causing the problem. She didn't have to have a colostomy bag as her colon seems to be perfectly fine! This will, however, be another long recovery as she still had to have some of her small intestine repaired. She will be in the hospital for the next week or more - meaning thanksgiving and black friday in the hospital! She's not going to be happy about that at all! But we have so much to be grateful for this year - more answered prayers than any of us could have ever believed possible!

A Shout Out to Tiff

We had a wonderful weekend and had a great visit with one of my best girlfriends, Tiffany and her boyfriend Drew. They drove all the way down to Macon just to see the new place, the baby's room and hang out for the afternoon. We planned to watch some football, but Drew is allergic to cats so we decided to hang out at Wild Wing and take in some of the action there instead :-).

We had a wonderful time with them and got home in time to watch the very exciting UGA vs. Auburn game! We watched the Alabama game too, although the score wasn't nearly as close. But as a good wife, I wore my Alabama tshirt, with my sweatshirt over it :).

We also took my 24 week pregnancy pics. Wanted to share...

What a good big sister Lady will be!

Progress...

Mom is going home! They did an Xray on her yesterday and apparently the blockage is almost completely gone. They think she is just going to have to watch what she eats very closely and take in very small amounts every hour to keep her tummy from getting too full or too hungry. It will be a learning process, but she is very serious about it and has a plan.

Thank you to everyone again for all of the prayers. We know that God has moved that blockage for her and now we just have to pray for her to be able to learn what to do and what not to do without too much pain in the process.

What a weekend...

We headed to Greenville this weekend because I hadn't gotten to see my mom for her birthday, and she's been so sick, I just felt like we needed to make the trip to check on things. By the time we got to Atlanta, we got a call that they were putting her back in the hospital due to the bowel blockage that was still causing a great deal of pain.

Friday night she was pretty miserable, but by Saturday things were looking up and she was joking and in good spirits. I honestly thought at a couple of points I was going to have to physically restrain her for making a run for the nearest food cart she was so hungry, but they finally let her go on clear liquids later on that afternoon. She had some pain that night, but by Sunday, she was still on fluids and having no pain at all.

Today they put her on some thicker soups and gave her a little ice cream to see how she could do with that, and they are running another x-ray. Mom and I are both wondering if the blockage has worked it's way out. God has worked lesser miracles on her before, and we both know it! The doctors are trying to figure out whether all this is a result of chemo or her disease...we probably won't know for a few more days, but I will keep everyone posted.

Please add her to your prayers - for a speedy recovery and for the doctors to be granted the wisdom to know if she needs more chemo to stop the disease or if her body is reacting badly to the chemo and we need to find a different drug.

More updates soon to follow...

SORRY!

First of all, let me apologize for just now getting everyone an update! My mom is doing much better - I swear the woman is a walking miracle! I cannot begin to thank everyone for their prayers! She was able to take in lots of pureed and soft foods over the weekend, and seems to be feeling back to normal for the most part...other than being pretty hungry :-). Her blood pressure was even back to normal today so they decided to go ahead and give her chemo so she wouldn't miss the week...which kind of stinks, but it will mean she still gets the week off next week!


I will keep you all posted on how she does this week with chemo being reintroduced, and again, thank you all so much for your continued prayers! God never ceases to amaze me in His constant healings of my mom!


On a lighter note, Ty and I had a wonderful Halloween weekend with lots of rest and a couple of projects done around the house. Most importantly, we were able to enjoy some quality time together! We bought our first grill on Saturday and grilled out for football, which was fun...a little sad since the stupid Gators KILLED the dogs on Saturday, but still fun. And we had ONE trick-or-treater! We were NOT happy, but we decided to spend time with our own little ones and make sure they all enjoyed Halloween too!


And for those of you who are wondering...Roma went as a cat for Halloween :-)