Surgery Update

The time for surgery has come!  My mom asked me to keep everyone updated with the details of her surgery on this blog since she will likely not be up to many phone calls or emails in the next few days.  She will have surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 11th at 8am.  The surgery will probably last several hours and they will attempt to remove what's left of the necrotic tumor on her pancreas (and possibly much of the pancreas itself).  It is expected that she will be in the hospital for at least 7 to 10 days and then return home for a slow recovery at home.  My Titi Delia will be flying in from Puerto Rico to help my mom out for a few weeks after her surgery.  We are all so grateful that she will be with her sister during that recovery period!

All of my siblings were able to spend this past weekend together with my parents.  They had a lot of fun hanging out and even though I was sad to miss the festivities, I had a great two weeks during my Spring Break in March and really enjoyed my mom and dad's company.  I promise to keep everyone up-to-date on Mimi's progress via the blog.  In the meantime, please continue to pray for my mother and hold her in the light.
My mom says that she is looking forward to the last stage of this chapter.  I say amen to that!

More soon -  Angie

Here's a shot of my mom celebrating her birthday a few days early.    She will probably be in the hospital still recovering from surgery so she and my dad decided to go all out with a Hibachi dinner.

Good News!

Some of you might know about this already but just in case you don't:  the biopsy results show that all is well with my cells and the tumor is necrotic (dead!).  There is no sign of live activity, so let's just say I fall into the 5% of people that actually survive pancreatic cancer.  My surgeon said, "The fact that we are sitting here talking a year after the diagnosis is an unusual occurrence as I don't get to do this with most of my patients since they are usually gone..."--he might not have said it exactly like that but words to that effect.  

Foremost to God be the Glory.  So many prayer warriors praying for me.  If you were one of them I thank you for it.  Let's keep at it since there is still surgery for April to excise the remainder of the mass and some repair.  We will just enjoy the victories along the way.  My back pain has gotten so much better since a few days ago. God is good!  :)

Love you!

Mimi

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
~ Hebrews 11:1

Mimi with grandchild #15, Ezra.