Surgery Day

Because my mom is unable to update everyone on her journey right now, I (Bekah, the middle daughter) decided to start this blog for her so people could continue to pray in specific ways. I know how much everyone's prayers and encouragement meant to her the past 2 weeks, and how she drew so much strength and motivation from them. The Lord has used each and every one of yall as a vessel to show how much she is loved and cared about. Now I am not much of a blogger or an eloquent writter, so please excuse the random styles and transitions you will probably be reading ;)

Mom's surgery was scheduled for 7:30 this morning, but had to be here at 5 AM. I woke up early this morning after her and dad had already left, and felt such an unexplainable peace. I am not one to be all cliche and sappy, but God has been so good to our family through this whole process, and has completely surrounded us with more love and support then we could ever ask for. This morning right after they opened her up, one of the assistants came out and told us the tumor was in the best location it could possibly be and that it wasn't involving any of the surrounding vessels. This was one of the first times I felt completely relieved because it was now difinitive that the tumor was encapsulated and not involving any other organs. The surgery went so well and lasted under 5 hours. We haven't been able to see her yet, but apparently she is awake and talking...I can only imagine what she's saying! =) She will have an epidural for the next 3 days, so she'll be feeling pretty good. The doc said he wants her to stay in the ICU for at least 2 days then progress on out the door! Hopefully she will be out of here in 10 days, but we will be taking it one day at a time. So far everything has been on the "good" side, so we are hoping for that to be a continued theme through the recovery process.

Things to pray for:
1) a quick and speedy recovery, considering the type of surgery she had.
2) she will have minimal to no complications.
3) for our family and Memaw =)


"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced.."
Psalm 105: 1-5