Update on Momma!

Momma's surgery went very well. Nathan, Libbi, Kim, David, and I all went with Momma to the hospital at 6 am on Thursday morning for her surgery. They gave her a shot before surgery to calm her down and we all got to go back and see her before they wheeled her off. She was very happy after they gave her the shot. Her surgery lasted about 4 hours or so and so we went to the surgery waiting room to wait. Since we were the first ones there we put all the comfy chairs together and made like a little living room. Bro. Pete Deaver and Teri Hanna came and joined us. The surgeon came out and talked to us and told us that Momma had done very well during the surgery and he felt like she would get a lot of pain relief from the procedure over time. We waited another 2 hours before we got to see her but when she came up she was awake but very pale. Even though she was really out of it, she still wanted Kim to brush her hair and put on her eyebrow pencil. Libbi took some pictures so she will have to put those up on her blog as I forgot my camera. Libbi stayed with Momma around the clock from Thursday night until today. Nathan and I went back to the hospital yesterday. Libbi told us that they were giving Momma blood because her blood pressure and hemoglobin were too low. She had more color yesterday which made me feel better. She sat up yesterday and walked around the room which was VERY impressive because that was fast after the surgery. They told her that she would not need to go to rehab because she was doing so well. I spoke to Momma this morning and she sounds much stronger. Libbi said that they were going to give her two more units of blood because her hemoglobin is still low but that she is doing really good. She sat up this morning and walked so we are happy she is doing so well. Nathan will spend the day with her today and then I will go spend the night with her tonight. They have now switched her from IV pain medicaton to oral so she is definitely moving in the right direction! She may even get to go home by tomorrow and at the latest on Monday! Thanks everyone for all the prayers for my mom! The Lord is surely watching over her and we are so very grateful!