Today was longer then yesterday, and tomorrow is going to be even longer. Man...they don't give you a break just because you have cancer.
Mom and I are back in the room. Dad is staying in another room, since he got sick this morning. We have to get ready for the bone marrow biopsy at 7:15am, and Mom's last appointment isn't over until 9pm tomorrow night. Whew...This was her second day of fasting for tests. Tomorrow she has to fast again, and here is her lineup for the day. Hopefully we can stay on schedule a bit better, but I'm beginning to think the schedule if just a suggestion;)
EKG
Bone Marrow Biopsy with sedation
More Lab Work
CT Scan
PET Scan
Full Body MRI
and a meeting with our Doctor
Some of the procedures from today had to be rescheduled because our Kyphoplasty was delayed so long. We waited for over 6.5 hours for the surgery. Apparently their was a spinal emergency that caused all the appointments to be postponed. We were so grateful to get the procedure, and Mom was amazing through all the ups and downs. She has seven fractures in her spine, and they were only able to fix three at a time. Her T8, T9, T11, T12, L1, L2, and L4 are the effected disks. They fixed the worst ones today T12, L1, and L4.
Mom had the most amazing nurses today. One in particular was great, and I snapped a picture of her and Mom in the recovery room. She had twins last July. They were miracle babies, and the doctors said they wouldn't make it. She was on bed rest for over 5 months. Her girls were born perfectly healthy. She spent her whole bed rest praying for her girls, and she is going to be praying for Mom. She pulled some stings, and just gave us a great experience. We all prayed together, and it was so cool to see Amy get mom out of the hospital bed. Mom started on the walker, but then she started walking on her own. Their were people in tears in the recovery area watching mom walk. It gave me goosebumps. What an amazing blessing.
I'm so grateful that she was able to walk. I can't wait for the rest of her vertebrae to be fixed too.
Well we have to get ready for bed, but I wanted to let everyone know that mom walked tonight! Hallelujah!!!
All of our prayers are being answered. I'm so glad to read the great news. I'll be praying for more good news to come. Take care Deb.
ReplyDeleteThank God. I am so happy that you are doing so well, Deb. God is so good. I talked to my sister, Sylvia this morning and her daughter, Kara, went into labor last night. No baby yet, but any time now we will have a great-nephew. I will keep you posted.
ReplyDeleteLove, Daria
Thank you so much for sharing all of this, Amanda. Your family is amazing (which I'm sure you already know ;) So many are praying for you all.
ReplyDeleteWe are praying for your mom and dad, and for you during this exhausting first week. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and updates along the way, and we will continue to pray for you all every chance we get. -joseph and mimi
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord that she was able to walk! That is just amazing. It's encouraging to see that things are going well. We keep praying for y'all.
ReplyDeletePaul and Kristina
Amazing! Amazing! Praise God!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE how God sends HIS people at JUST the right time to bring encouragement and life to a weary soul.
I am so glad to hear this news.
YOu learn to take even the smallest victories and CELEBRATE them each day.
Love you all.
Praying.
Can't wait for you to come home.
Candace