November 11th Surgery

We were able to visit with mom this morning before she went off to surgery. She had a lot of pain but over all she seemed in good spirits. They took her off to surgery about 7:30 am and around 9am they had called us to let us know that they had gotten all of her lines in and they were proceeding into remove the tumor. Jayson, Josi, Jana, Dad and myself Jess are down the road staying at the hotel and the doctor has given us a phone that they will be calling us on from the operating room to give us updates all day. Jenni will be here this afternoon to join us. We are very thankful to have eachother to hang out with all day and in the comforts of a hotel near by.
To give you an idea of how strong the spirit of my mother is even in her weakest moments when we walked into the hospital last night she offered me home made cookies that she made so that we would have something to eat while she was having surgery. She then offered me a better seat and was worried about me and my hip that I just had surgery on. When I convinced her that I was better off standing instead she then reminded my dad that they brought me a toy that my youngest must have left at our house. She then went onto the other kids and making sure everyone was okay. I was simply in awe on how she was about to have a very serious surgery and yet she never once verbally expressed her fears of surgery or even talked about herself once. This morning when she was in extreme pain she felt horrible for being too short with one of the nurses. She was literally in tears because she felt so badly and wanted one of us to find the nurse so she could apologize before surgery. I am amazed in the spirit of this one strong woman I call mommy.

Dear God,
Thank you for blessing us with the greatest mother and father and thank you for keeping us a strong family even in the darkest times. We ask you to please guide the surgeons and medical staff throughout today while they work on my mother. Give them courage and strength along with the comfort of your presence to help them retrieve all of the tumor. Hold onto my mother and give her body the strength to make it through surgery. We also ask you to keep our father strong as he is faced with feeling helpless to his wife right now.
Amen