Mom's Home...Wade's Not

Mom's surgery was very successful. She of course is very sore and tired but she is doing well. I pray she will feel so much better after this. She's been going through so much the last couple of months.

Wade left for the hospital this afternoon. I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye. He left before I got home with kids! :( I'm going up there tomorrow, but still, I was a little sad.

I had to work all day. Unfortunately, I woke up yesterday and my ear was a little achy. I felt like I had a ball in my throat. Very strange. So the more the day went on, the worse my ear felt. By last night, the pain was ridiculous. And this morning it was even worse. I had to leave a meeting so I could go to the doctor. It was of course an ear infection in the ear canal...basically swimmer's ear. I knew the other night after I took a bath that something was going to happen. Ahh!!! I just had to go to the doctor with Wade going into the hospital and then school starting Monday. So hopefully I'll soon stop hearing my heartbeat pound in my ear and I'll start feeling a little better.

I'm not too worried about me though. I'm just glad mom's surgery is over and Wade's on his last treatment!

Busy, Busy and even more Busy

So today was my first official day back to work even though I went last week to work in my new room. Thank goodness I did that or I'd be working day and night this week. I changed rooms to get a fresh start. I am determined to make this a good year. Wade is doing his last round of chemo starting Friday. So while it starts off a little crazy, hopefully this will be it. Besides, it seems like this has become quite the norm for us. Needless to say, the first week the kids are back to school, I may be a little more stressed than normal. But hey, what is normal this days?

Wade will go in Wednesday for CT scan. This time they're going to get more in depth and really zoom in on his liver to watch the "new" spot. He will go in Thursday to talk to the doctors. I pray for great results as usual! Mom is also going in Wednesday for a hysterectomy. See previous posts for details on this. I will be going up there as soon as I leave work. Please pray for a successful surgery.

So, it may be a weird way to start the year and a busy one at that, but it's just going to get better...I just feel it!

New House

Mom and Dad are moving into their new house and we went to check it out today. The kids were CRAZY! They still had not brought the toys so they were toyless. It didn't stop them from finding things to do...like playing in a pile of newspapers (that the glasses were wrapped in). The funniest was watching them run from my dad. They would take off running from my dad and he would hide. When they came out to find him, he would scare them. Of course they would take off running the other way. But little Reagan...she just screamed as loud and high as she could. Her little feet were practically off of the floor she was running so fast. She followed Kaden everywhere. They were adorable! Reagan finally got to the point to where she would put her hands over her eyes. She really thought it made her invisible.

The new house is nice. The best part is they are so much closer. It only takes about 10 minutes to get there. And the good thing is the kids like it as much as us!

Prayer's Answered

Mom is home from the hospital. She was diagnosed as having a uterine infection and diverticulitis. Though all the pain she was having was caused from the uterine infection not the other. She was given lots of medicine and was set home. Unfortunately, she was allergic to one of the medicines and it made her mouth break out. However, she stopped taking two of the medications since she didn't know which one was causing this and it stopped.

Good news is the test results are back from the biopsy and she's all clear. There's no cancer! YAY!!! The bleeding is a lot, but apparently it is somewhat normal in older women. She has thickening of the uterine wall, which again is normal when you get a little older. So, all is good and she is slowly feeling better at home.

Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers. The Lord works amazing miracles!

Prayers Needed

My mom is currently at the St. Luke's of The Woodlands emergency room. Over the last few months she has been having quite a bit of bleeding and becomes light headed very easily. She has the weird craving for ice. Anytime I would talk to her on the phone she would be chomping away. She said she woke up in the middle of night "needing" ice.

Because her legs and ankles began to swell and because of the severe pain she has been having, she went to the doctor. Long story short...they found out she was anemic, was ordered to have an ultrasound and then was off to see her OB. After reviewing the ultrasound, they found a couple fibroid tumors and thickening of the uterine wall. The doctor said she felt the bleeding was not coming from the fibroid tumors but from this thickening. It is possible that it is a polyp (sp?). They then had to do a uterine biopsy which is extremely painful. Just imagine a vacuum like thing going somewhere you don't really want it to and then sucking out stuff (sorry if I have grossed you out). So now she waits for the results to make sure this is not cancerous. I pray, pray, pray this is not the case.

So, the OB told her if she had fever, heavy bleeding, etc. she needed to call. Well, of course this happens. My dad called at 4:00 and said he was taking her to the ER. When I got there, she was okay. They took her back right away and got her hooked up to an IV. She had 102.8 fever, was extremely dizzy, in horrible pain, and throwing up.

I left around 9:30 or so. She had an ultrasound and they were waiting to hear from the doctors. She was doing a little better. They had given her pain meds and had fluids running through her. So now I wait and pray all is well. I mean seriously, I'm getting a little sick of being in the hospital.

Did I mention my brother broke his kneecap at the emergency room last week? He was taking his son Jordan to the ER (for what turned out to be bronchitis) and the hospital had a leak in the ceiling. While holding Jordan, he slipped on the water and fell weird to keep Jordan from getting hurt. Nice. So he's now in a soft cast for 8 weeks. If he moves it the wrong way at all he will have to have surgery.

So, lots of prayers needed this way.