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Thanks Asha, Deb, kes, and Shelly!!!! The surgery mu mom had was such that the surgeon said not many survive. He's very impressed that for bbeing a 78year old that she came thru and is doing well considering other issues she has. SHe's having another surgery tomorrow morning and then if it's successful theyu will start weaning her off the ventilator. She will be in intensive care at least 'til friday and then if she's doing better, they will move her to a different room. please keep those good thoughts and prayeres coming! They're saying that she's goingt o be in hospital for at least a month. Thanks again!!

fruitcake, oz, Irene, and the rest of ya....Thank you thank you! all your prayers and good thoughts are helping immensely! Mom is such an amazing trooper. She's still in the ICU but they took her off the ventilator today! Much more alert. Trying to talk but we're making sure she saves her voice. She's still on morphine (quite the incision and work done on her) but not feeling too bad. A little nausea which is to be expected, but over all, a fantastic improvement from Thursday!! I'm exhausted, but it's worth it to be there for her.Takes me anhour to get to the hospital. Anyway...she's not out of the woods yet, still need to keep an eye out for infection and excess fluids in her abdomen. She has some other thin-walled and leaky veins down there that are a little worrisome. Thanks again and keep those powerful prayers coming. big hugs to you all!

ms. frooty.......and everyone else,

Oh yeah, the staff is sick of me by now... and my oldest brother! I pestered them constantly yesterday whenever mom was sounding a little too congested or when one of her IVs or meds ran out and the machine was beeping incessanlty. The nurses are all quite compassionate and attentive. Apparently, the hospital my mom is in is one of the best in the area. (any members here who are on staff at Abington Memeorial hospital...kudos to you!) Mom is progressing at a miraculous rate! SHe's got all the tubes out of her mouth and nose .(except the little oxygen nostril tube thingy that we see on every ER episode) (cannula I think it's called) She's only allowed right now a sparing amount of ice chips and she's jonesing for some ginger ale. They say she'll probably be on a clear liquid diet tomorrow and she can have all the ginger ale she wants..within reason. More later....thanks all!!

I had 7 hours of sleep, I just had my raisin bran, getting ready to go to the hospital. I am taking care of myself as best I can (thanks for the concern there) and April is doing what she can to support me as well. (she's still working on our money pit...amongst making sure her mom is happy and preparing for her demanding students...she teaches guitar)

My mom wasn't feeling as well yesterday. They put her back on morphine for the pain. I'm a little concerned because she complaind of feeling distended and I fear her liver is producing more fluid than her body can resorb. I'm hoping it's only swelling from the incision doing it's healing work. She's in a private room now which seems more quiet which is a mixed blessing I think. She said in the middle of the night in the ICU that it sounded like the nurses were playing games. They were laughing loudly etc. She spoke as if she enjoyed listening to their shenanigans! Still greatly enjoying her precious ginger ale.

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Mom looks better and better every day! SHe's still got sweling from her legs down to her to toes which she finds very uncomfortable. She can't walk yet due to the swelling which ticks her off because she'd really like to go to the bathroom by herself. (still doing the bedpan/potty chair thing but accepting it as it is) Wasn't sleeping well the past couple of nights and rquested a sleeping pill last night which was granted. The resperatory therapist was in while I was there and was pleased with her progress there and he noted that she shouldn't be disturbed while she slept last night as he wholeheartedly agreed that she needs her rest. Still misses the ICU because of all the fun the nurses seemed to be having there. ( I think that was partly the morphine doing it's job) She's having a stress test today to make sure her heart is working properly. (chemical type test. Can't do the treadmill thing right now) They were concerned a day or two after her first surgery that when she coughed, her heart stopped a couple of times. They want to make sure that it's OK and that she won't need a pacemaker. Hopefully her hands will be loosened up soon 'cause she's itching to get back to knitting. (she made me a couple of really cool scarves a few years ago that I requested be super long with tons of colors and designs. My two brothers were jealous and she made them each a cool but not as long scarf. Unfortunately, some one else liked my brother Tom's scarf a little more than he did and stole it. Whoever that was...a pox on them! I hope they eat bad fish!)

Anyway, your prayers, good wishes, candle burning, chanting, interpretive dancing, are a blessing and I appreciate it all! Oh yeah, I definitely can tell mom's improving because she asked me last night to bring in my guitar and "serenade" her. She said that would be fun. (I do need to brush up on my Christmas music since April and I have a show booked for Christmas eve. Maybe I'll even take along my ukelele. It works great for "Santa Baby" and of course "Melekalikimaka". [the Hawaiian Christmas song.])

Again, many thanks!!!