Mother is home!

Thank you so much for all your prayers for my mother. She arrived home on Saturday evening after spending 11 days in the hospital. There is some inflammation in the lungs and around the voice box that the doctors are still concerned about, but thanks to your prayers, there have not been any major infections.

Mother went to church yesterday morning and is steadily getting stronger. She needs to find the balance during the next few weeks of walking/exercise/activity (doctor's orders), but not pushing herself too hard. Praise the Lord for a long-time family friend who is arriving this week to help Mother around the house until mid December.

The cause of the blockages was finally determined to be a calcified lymph node. Why? Reason not known. Everything else looks fine, so they're not too concerned. For those of you who heard the "tooth fairy" story - it ended up not being true.

Thanks again for your prayers!

Off to KS again

Thanks for all your prayers - Mother was moved out of ICU today and is possibly being released this coming weekend if all goes well. I'm off to KS in the morning for Thanksgiving. I must admit, I've never celebrated Thanksgiving in a hospital. But hey, we do have so much for which to thank the Lord.

Continue to pray for the families who have been left homeless and starving by the cyclone in Bangladesh.

Update on Mother

Mother was doing better this morning and actually walked for the first time since surgery. The day was complicated when fluid was found in one of her lungs. Then, during the broncoscope (to remove the fluid), Mother threw up and ended up aspirating some of the junk into her lungs. The doctors are now very concerned about potential infection. Please pray that there won't be any problems or infections from this.

Outside my little world - Bangladesh has been hit by the worst cyclone in a decade. The official death toll is over 3,000 already and they say it could reach over 10,000. Pray for the people of Bangladesh and for the pastors and churches ministering there.

Mother update

As the voice message at the other end of the button says, Mother came through surgery fine. They were able to remove the blockage/thing from her bronchial tube and didn't have to remove any of her lung at all! (Don't ask me about the bronchial tube/lung thing. I'm clueless I'll post an answer when I get it figured out.)

Thanks for your prayers. She'll be in ICU for several days and then in a regular room for several days. My prayer? For her to be home for Thanksgiving! (I won't be there, but I'm still praying for it!)

Love you guys! If you think about it today, can you pray for peace for me? Just several things going on at once. I'd like to have the Lord's peace and not be depending on my own understanding.

Update on Mother

If you click this button and enter your phone number, your phone will ring. When you answer it, it will connect you to the latest update on my mother. Feel free to leave a message. :)

Isn't technology fun?!?

Prayer for Mother

Quick prayer note: My mother has been scheduled for surgery to remove part of her left lung tomorrow (Thursday).

The doctors found a spot on my mother's lung several weeks ago (routine bronchitis x-ray). There was some concern from the doctors and routine visits were scheduled for a bronchoscope and other stuff to check into it. (My family was not overly concerned since Mother went through existing testing 20+ years ago for a spot on her lung that never went away. The doctors decided it wasn't cancer or tuberculosis, but never did find out what it was.)

The bronchoscope happened today and they were scheduled for results meeting next week. It was a surprise when the doctor said he was going to admit her today and do the surgery tomorrow.
We don't think it's "something scary," but your prayers are appreciated.

Thank you!