woooohooooo!

all signs point to coming home tomorrow! She looks awesome! and better yet, she's done #2 which was required for her to leave. You GO girl!

her IV came out today and she ate her first chewable meal tonight (not that she ate very much of it). she's up and moving around a lot better than even yesterday. she actually took a real shower today (and washed her hair with real shampoo...not one of those dry shower caps....remember that angie?). while i was there she took her first pain med since 9am (and this was about 6pm). she's doing awesome awesome!!!!

everything is happening so very fast. it's weird to look back to a couple weeks ago how terrible this was going to be (not to make light of it and think that this has been anything but horrible for her and her family), but...we were worried that she'd have a home health nurse taking care of her. worried about tim not having enough time to take off work. worried about being on a special liquid diet for a LOT longer than a couple days. worried about all sorts of feeding tubes, other tubes and stuff sticking into her body. wow...how this is NOT going anything like planned. THANK YOU GOD!!!

i'll be sure to post tomorrow if she gets to come home. i'm sure that tomorrow will be a parade of people coming through her room: OT, PT, dietician, doctors, nurses...more doctors, more nurses. students of all medical walks of life...coming to see the amazing feat that AUNT TERRI has made!

i'm so very proud of you for healing so fast and taking care of yourself. NOW....at home this better not be ANY different!!!! i know tim's up for the job of kicking your ass...but i'll come over and help! i'll go buy some velcro and stick your butt to the bed, couch...whatever, the second i see you lift a finger to do anything you're not supposed to.

so...prayers for tonight, and ongoing.......
pray that this is best for her, to come home.
pray that the pathology results come back in her favor.
pray that she stays on her butt when she gets home and knows when NOT to lift a finger.


thank you God for all that you have done for AUNT TERRI in the last week. thank you for watching over her on the OR table, thank you for bringing her through her very first (and super lengthy) surgery okay. thank you for healing her fast and continue with her healing speed. please...put that little bug in her ear to slow down though. she's always on the go, and if this has taught any of us anything...life it too short. you have to live a little for yourself, too!!! slow down AUNT TERRI!!! the world will be here when you heal completely. take your time. AMEN