Saturday Novenber 20th

THANK GOD FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Oh my goddness everyday is just amazing and not necessarily in a good way.

Friday was a rough day for all.
 After enjoying Thursday so much with Matt and Broden and having a decent visit with my Mom the winds changed drastically. I woke up after 3 hours of sleep to a fever and some kind of stomach virus. At first I thought I may have had food poisoning (familiar feeling because I've had it before) but after a few hours realized that it was probably just a stress related issue. I went back to bed for a while, comfortably, because I knew that Uncle Fred and Diana were both visiting my Mom. When I did wake up I called the hospital only to find out that they had to drain 750ml's from my Mom's right lung and were staring the first of 2 blood transfusions.

This was a huge unexpected occurence. So, after going to Target to get a thermometer to make sure I did not have a fever, I went to the hospital to see for myself what was going on. To be honest it wasn't good. It seems that after they drained the fluids from her lungs she was doing better but unfortunately it was short lived. Pat was totally exhausted and not feeling well at all. We spend some of our time together just crying, holding hands, and hugging. At this point we both admitted that we are very scared but NOT giving up.

I stayed for hours and left so my Mom could sleep. I arrived back at my lonely hotel room thinking to myself that this was just 1 bad day....and spent the whole entire sleepless night thinking and concentrating on the good days that were sure to come and then,  Saturday came.

None of the doctors or mediacl staff can figure out why but my Mom got violently sick early Saturday morning and it lasted for many hours. I don't know how anyone who really hasn't eaten can vomit for hours but it is possible. I arrived back at the hospital on Saturday to find a totally wiped out Mom. During all this her blood pressure also went very high and they think it was just due to the complete stress her body is in. We spent the day together and the vomitting stopped and she was able to get some sleep. When I left at 8 o'clock she seemed to be stable and was able to drink some water. Slowly, her blood pressure started to go down and she was still being closely monitored. Sunday will be a whole new and BETTER day - for sure.

So, I am now home for the first time in a week and am going to try and enjoy some time with my favorite and most loved 7 year old. I'm not sure when I will be going back to CTCA. I know that there are quite a few visitors planned for tomorrow (Sunday) and both my Mom and I are so grateful. I may go back to CTCA tomorrow night and stay there until Monday night when I would have to leave to be back home for a school event for Broden on Tuesday morning. If only I could split in two.....

So, keep all fingers crossed. Hopefully Sunday will be a better day and the beginning of many to come. From what I've been told the Biopsy results may be back on Tuesday.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU to everyone.

KEEP PRAYING. Love hugs and kisses.