Praise Be

...to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

She is weak and lightheaded still, but Mopsy is (kind-of) sitting up in a recliner this morning. My sister Becky sent us picture proof.

The surgery took around five hours because of additional blood vessels the surgeon says are not common (Instead of one artery connecting to her kidney, she had three! Overachiever.), but they were able to control bleeding and successfully perform the surgery. We'll know the results of the lymph node biopsy in 7-10 days. At this point, it looks like her bladder and lungs are clear.

Here's a huge thanks for your prayers. When she was here for supper the night before the surgery, Mom said she felt surrounded and lifted up by the prayers of the body of Christ, many of whom she does not know and may never meet. What a gift! Thank you.

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A Start

Life is chock full of living, as it happens, and I haven't stopped to catch a blogging breath in quite a while. This morning, however, I downloaded the last four months of snapshots onto the computer, so that's a first step towards something, right? The sorry fact that I'm currently treading water in multiple seas bars me from justifying a monster blog post, but I trust summer will show a slower pace soon, and I'll glue myself to the screen for 48 straight hours to git 'er done.

Many of you already know this, but a few weeks back Mopsy was diagnosed with cancer, and tomorrow at 8 o'clock a.m., she has surgery to remove her right kidney, right ureter, and right ovary. We aren't certain that the cancer is contained to these areas as the insurance company has not yet approved further scans. Please pray that it has not spread, and that it be God's good pleasure to sustain her health and spirit. For someone with enough spunk at 72 to still footrace our van when we pull away from her house simply for the sake of delighting her grandchildren (and for the thrill of the win!), the possible loss of health and independence is daunting, but she stands firm on the strength of her Father. May He continue to bolster her sure.

For those willing to add their voices in prayer for her sake, thank you.