Thursday

Hi everyone, it's Thursday and I've been hanging out with my mom for the last couple of days. Since I've been here, she's still been fighting the fevers. These fevers have just taken a lot of energy out of her, have brought on lots of naps and also some aches and pains in her joints and bones. She's kept on the "diet" of Tylenol and other meds to help, but we are really praying these fevers away! Again, it's just all too important these fevers stop so that she has all the strength and all the energy to be able to start the chemo treatment the doctors have decided on.

I just wish it were easier to explain all of what I want to explain to you all. It doesn't look like there is much to report, but it seems like everyday...every minute...someone is coming in to tell us something. It would be so hard to keep up with it all on here ;) Things change around here a lot...which reminds me and I hope I can someway relay the importance of reminding you too, that God IS in control. I am needing to hear this, so maybe you all do too :) WE HAVE to rest in that because it's always something they are looking into and something the team of doctors needs to talk about - and they come and tell us that they are thinking and talking, so it's easy to get ahead of ourselves and it's easy to start thinking and talking ourselves. But, we don't need to worry...or be anxious...or try and guess what's going on. The doctors have to, but WE, we need to Trust. We need to Pray..and we need to Believe.

Today was a full day..and my poor momma - endured a bone marrow biopsy, her PICC line put in and the teams of doctors (the infectious disease doctors, the lung doctors, the oncology doctors coming in and checking in) and they are all trying to hear her, understand her, help her and solve what's going on inside of her right now (and we very much appreciate it!) but it's not so fun while fighting a fever, full of pain meds from the biopsy and all she wants to do is sleep!! :)    

Keep praying friends & family! We know we have our "Miracle-Mary" as it is and we are soooooo thankful and have loved every minute of the precious time we get with our Mom (& Grammy). We say she makes cancer look easy but it's still tough! And it's tough watching her. Pray for us while we are here - Satan tries to attack our thoughts & us anyway he can...and she needs us!

Saw this and wanted to share:

What Cancer Cannot Do:

Cancer is so limited.
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.