Surgery!

Today was Mom's Surgery. Myself, My Oma and my aunt Monique were there to be Mom's support. Mom and I arrived at the Hospital at 6:30am, to get her all settled. At 20 mins to 8am Oma and Monique came, and Oma decided that she should read scripture to us and mom before she was brought to the OR Isaiah 43:1-3, we were all moved to tears as the coming few hours were going to be tense ones. In this verse Oma replaced O Jacob and O Isreal with. Oh Wilma!!
At 8:20 Mom and I headed upstairs to wait again, and a BIG Doctor I like to call the Pain doctor because he takes the pain away, came and asked mom a bizzillion questions, I could not tell you what they all were, then the nurse came and explained a few things and asked a couple of questions.
On one note I have to say that the hospital gowned attire...ummm needs to be addressed!! Mom Swam in her duds!
But over the whole morning prior to her surgery she was doing really well, calm, reading and just seemed to be Deep in thought. At 8:45 she walked down the Hall. This is the point that I could not with her, it was very hard to see her go, but I knew that she was in good hands and that God was with her. At 11:45 the Doctor called me, on my cell phone. With Great News!!

The lymph node was clear of cancer!! Mom did really well in Surgery and was in the recovery room, and was comfortable. We waited for a while longer, and we got another call from a nurse telling us that she was in fact still in recovery. She was doing fine. However they had a bed shortage in the Hospital. Because it is recovery, we were not allowed to go see her, until she had a room. So we waited...and waited and waited. Geoff Vandermolen came by to see us as well as mom in recovery, and he gave us the update he got to see her before any one else...so not fair...just kidding!! So we waited till 3pm and went back up stairs she still did not have a bed. So Oma suggested that we go to the recovery floor on the 7th floor, well we did, but the doors were closed then they opened and a nurse asked us if we needed something...we asked for mom. They finally let us see her the first time after surgery. She looks really good, but is really tired, however she was in no pain due to the drugs and she is now resting comfortably.

Just 25 mins ago I got word that she is now in a bed. She is now on the 9th floor, in unit 91 at the foothills hospital. She is only going to be there for one night as far as we know.

We do have to wait for final pathology on the tumor its self as well as the breast tissue, and that will be a few days!! But all is going good at this time! Please continue to pray for wilma as the

recovery continues and we wait for the final results.


With Gods Love, and thanks!
Wilma and the Kids!