Ready for visitors!

Well, she is finally in her new room! She is feeling and looking much better today. She is ready to see everyone now so come on down!
She is at Medical Center of the Rockies off the Loveland Exit on I25. Just ask at the front desk for her room number.
Keep on praying for a smooth recovery!
Katie

One more day!

A new day!
It looks like tomorrow will be the big moving day! They are going to try and wean her off a few of her many many tubes today and maybe get her up standing and walking a little. She is doing much better than a few days ago. She is talking again, and the nausea has mostly subsided. She is a fighter and she wants to move on to the next challenge.
Keep on praying for this tough recovery. Things are going really well so far. Praise God!
I will blog again in the morning to let you all know about visitation.
Katie

Hanging in there

Just a quick update:
She is still in ICU today. She is feeling pretty yucky still but I guess it is to be expected with this type of surgery. Pray pray pray for her nausea to be relieved. It is really hard to watch her so uncomfortable.
Thanks so much!
Again, I will let you know when they move her to a new room and she is up for visitors!
Katie

A New Day

After a long weekend she is doing a little better today. She has been very nauseous and very achy since the surgery. As you can imagine, this is not fun after a major surgery. Things are going as they should though. We spoke with the doctor this morning and he had nothing but good things to say. He said we are in a curing mode now, not a survival mode! This is music to my ears! They did get the lab reports back on the lymph nodes tested during surgery. 36 out of 37 are cancer free. One tested positive, so some sort of chemo will be necessary. However, 36 out of 37 is a miracle! God is certainly with her!
She is still in critical care in the ICU. This surgery was intense, and it is going to be a long recovery. They will be giving her a few more units of blood today, and if she is able to sit up in a chair soon, they will move her to a regular room. We are hoping for Monday, but it could be Tuesday.
Thank you all so much for all of your prayers and support. She knows you are all praying for her and behind her 100%!
I will let you know as soon as she is up for visitors. Until then, please just keep on praying! Pray for wisdom for the next steps, pray for the nausea to subside, and pray for her strength. This is a battle! She is so strong, she hasn't complained one time! Not one time! Her faith is so inspiring! She just keeps on praising God!
I will keep you all posted!
Katie

Resting after a very long day

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! Psalm 118:1

This is the verse Madison is learning at church right now! How appropriate!
Mom is in ICU tonight resting comfortably, or at least as comfortable as she can be after they rearrange your body. She will probably be in ICU throughout the weekend. Hopefully by Monday she will be up for visitors. I will keep you posted.
She did great and she is already praising God for the success of the surgery! We are all so thrilled!!
I will update again tomorrow. Leave your comments and I will pass them along to her. Keep on praying for a strong and healthy recovery. She still has a long road ahead, we just jumped the big hurdle today.
God is so good!

Katie

Big Sigh

Praise God!

She is finally out of surgery! She did very well. They were able to remove the tumor completely and leave a small portion of her pancreas. They did determine for sure that the tumor was cancerous, but they think from preliminary tests it hadn't spread! The surgeon was very pleased with the outcome. Everything went great. She will be in ICU for a couple of days it sounds like. Family will be able to visit in about 1 hour. I will let you all know more as I do. Sorry if this is confusing, I am very excited and my mind isn't working full speed!
We are so blessed.
Thank you for all your prayers.

Katie and family

Pray

Psalm 72:18
Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.


Tomorrow is the big day. Mom will be having surgery at Medical Center of the Rockies tomorrow morning. We are all ready to move forward and start this new journey. We are praying for Gods miracle, that He will do a marvelous deed with her! She is strong, and she is ready too.
We have be so blessed by our friends and family. I just can't say thank you enough.
I know everyone wants to help out. Believe me, the time will come when we need it. For now though, we just need prayer. Pray without ceasing!
She is my mom, and my best friend, and I love her. But I know, that God loves her more than any of us do, and thankfully, he is in control. He is in control!!

I will update you all tomorrow!
Thanks for everything!

Katie

Trusting

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Well we learned this today! God made His path for us very clear. Today Mom saw a surgeon for a second opinion. He was wonderful and he has done this procedure she needs hundreds of times. The more experience the better!! He also did his training in Houston, at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Everything we asked for God placed right in front of us today. We are so thankful to God for his timing and provision!
The surgery is long, and invasive. She has a long, hard road ahead of her. She is ready for the fight though! She is strong.
The surgery will be next Thursday the 25th. I will keep you all posted with new info. For now be praying for her as she awaits this next hurdle. Waiting is hard. Also be praying that she stays healthy prior to surgery as there is so much crud going around.
Thank you all so much for your support!

Katie

A great response!

Well, if you build it they will come!

I am so encouraged by the response I have received from this blog page. My mom is so encouraged by the amount of people all over the place, praying for her. We are so blessed to have family and friends that care so much about our family. Please continue to leave her notes and I will bring them to her. Thank you all so much.

There is no new news to share today. Hopefully we will know more by the end of this week. I will keep you posted.

Katie

Romans 5:1-5

Romans 5: 1-5
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.


This is my attempt at keeping everyone up to date with the new journey we, as a family, have been thrown into.
My mom is very loved!

She is doing very well. She went though a tough weekend at the hospital trying to get a stint placed into the bile duct that drains her liver. After two attempts it was a success! She feels better and isn't quite so yellow! She had been very jaundice for a week or so.
This week she will be deciding on the next step to take- surgery. We will keep everyone informed as we know more about that.
She is at home now resting. She would love to hear hear from you here, or by phone.

Thanks for all the offers to help out and especially for all of your prayers!
God is good.

Katie and family