A Blessed Thanksgiving it Was

I haven't written an update lately as much hasn't changed other than my mother's recovery improving. She seems to be doing better everyday. She will be getting the rest of her stitches out this Friday. Every now and then she does have head pain around the area of the surgery but it also only has been a little over two weeks from surgery. The results from Pathology are in but we're waiting for them to be written up as the pathologist was gone due to the holiday and needs to catch up. We are all anxious to get my mother into see the Oncologist but we can't even make the appointment until we have the results in hand. Now that my mother has come this far she wants to know the next hurdles to jump over. Her head is looking good and she's able to fix her hair so it covers most of the stitches which makes her happy. She still has a little swelling on that side but compared to what the Doctor told us was going to happen it's nothing. There was a chance she could have lost her hearing or eye sight and so far so good.

Thanksgiving was great. We were all able to celebrate it together this last Saturday. Mom was happy to help with some of the cooking and of course she insisted on making the rolls even if Jana bought some. It was great to see mom laughing so hard she was in tears at one point. All thirty some of us didn't stick around too long as she did become tired towards the end. We gathered, ate, cleaned up and were on our way within 3 hours or so. This week is full of Therapy sessions and Dr. appointments and once we know what lies ahead I will be sure to let everyone know. Thank you so much for all of the cards, gifts, thoughts and most all prayers. Truly has helped carry us all through this.