God is AMAZING!

Okay so to start I have an update about my beautiful Momma. She was diagnosed with Renal Cell carcinoma about 2 1/2 weeks ago and let me tell you that was a shock that none of the famliy was ready for AT ALL. She has been going to a doctor who I will refrain from names who I will have to say has lost his touch if her ever had any at all. I hate to say that but it is true. So needless to say eventually he got the hint and sent her to a doctor that was better equipped.
The day we found out was awful and since I didn't know much about it then I was totally freaked out. But as a few days went on I heard more and more sucess stories, but you never forget the possibilities. So there were testing and testing and more testing on my poor momma who was feeling awful anyways and then having to be stucked and poked I just wish it could have been me going through the pain instead of her.
So anyways her surgery was last Thurday and we were all at the hospital waiting and waiting and some more waiting. It seemed like the longest day in my whole entire life. The doctor started cutting at 12:15 pm and we were told the surgery would take at least 4 hours, so you can imagine after an hour and a half when they told us the doctor needed to see us we were a little freaked out. Most people would say less time is better but in this case with all the blood loss she already had we were a tad worried. So in comes poor Dr. Tuerkirst, he probaly thought we were one nutty family, He told us the surgery was a breeze and she hardly lost any blood. WOW AMAZING GOD! All my sister and I could do was burst into tears. Then he tell us that he also had to take her gall bladder out as well, talk about a 2 for 1 special!
So she obviously has a long road to recovery but that is what we are for and my momma means the world to me and I will always be there for her no matter what. She is recovering very well, very tired but all I can say is that God is truly amazing and prayers are answered everyday.
I am so thankful to the family and some of my very close friends who have stood by my side and my families. It is amazing in times like these how close it brings some people and some not so much. My mom is on her way to feeling like herself again and she is CANCER FREE!!!!!
Life is amazing and my family is great, and I havae the best friends I could ask for. My mom is doing great and we got to spend the weekend with my husband what a blessed weekend. Glad to see the weekend come to a close on such a good note because it is one more day till my mom is recovered but sad in some ways because it is hard to say good bye to my husband for another month. I can't say that is has gotten easier at all. We have established a routine but it is really hard coming home alone. Yes I know I have my sweet girl but it is still lonely. Well off to get some sleep so I can be well rested to take care of 6 of the most sweetest babies ever tomorrow.

Waiting for the Storm to Pass!

Last week we found out some really bad news for our family. My mother who is an amazing women found out she had Renal Cell Carcinoma Stage 2. This cancer is incurable if you catch it to late. So they sent her for many tests. I have had many many people who are just amazing praying for our family. She had a bone scan and chest x rays and all came back clear so it has not spread. Your kidney is about 12 cm and her tumor that is attached to her kidney is almost 15 cm. Wow talk about huge! The doctor said that she probably had this for years. The first doctor she went to knew she was losing blood somehow for a few years now but he is a fruit and I will not go back to him. So finally he sent her to another doctor and now she is on her 3rd doctor. She has one more test to map out her viens and how her blood if flowing to the tumor, then is surgery. They will remove the kidney and tumor and I am itching for her to get it out. I plan on being by her side to help as much as possible, I have some pretty good bosses so they will help out when they can.
My mother has been my rock and had always been there for me through everything. Now it is mine and my sisters turn to be her rock and I know I can do it. I am such an emotional preson it sometimes is very hard to hold the tears back. She is amaazing and I know God will take care of her through surgery and recovery. God can do amazing things and I put Every ounce of my faith in him to help our family through this rough patch in our lives.
No one prepares you for everything you must face in life but I believe you learn through all your experiences and my family will get through this.
My mother is a fighter and she is going to do fine so please keep her in your prayers.

Catching Up!

Okay so I am a little late with these pics. But oh well, We recently went to Robinsville, North Carolina. Let me say this is the most beautiful place I have ever been to. Someday maybe even to live. My husband to a job with a construction company there and they do big commercial jobs and a lot of goverment work as well.
Which moves on to my first subject, I give a lot of credit to full time single parents. I have really had a tough time adjusting to pretty much raising my daughter alone. I have adjusted some but I still have days of being lonely. My husband is such a wonderful man he will do whatever it takes to support his girls. He loves what he does and the company is such a good company to work for.
Anyways the little vacation was amazing. We spent one day in Pigeon Forge TN and it was awesome and way better than branson. We went to a place called Parrot Mountain and it was this amazing sanctuary on top of a mountain and there are hundreds of exotic birds, and if you know me I am an animal lover. Olivia was the most impressed because she was able to handle a scarlet Mccaw and have her picture taken with birds all over her. The trip was fabulous! and then of course some pics...







So after all the visiting and driving and hiking. We ventured home on the 12 hour drive. Before I left I had a spot on my left leg and by the time I left to come home it was way worse. So once I got home off to the doctor and he gave me some antibiotics and sent me on my way by the next day my knee was so swollen and had a fever throughout my whole leg so after work I decided to head to the ER. And of course that is where I stayed. NOT FUN! So no more of that all better!
I loved North Carolina and the hospital not so much!