Mend fences.....Build bridges............

All of the exercising and taking care of herself paid off for my mom in a BIG way.
She made it through a very difficult surgery.
Now she will have to fight through chemo.........
The tumor was cancer and had spread throughout her abdomen. They didn't even bother to check lymph nodes.

Her oncologist was so upbeat about it all though- She said they got 95% of the tumor. She said they won't start chemo until after the holidays. She said the cancer may be like a chronic illness that will go away for awhile and then come back. ????????????

What a bizzare way to talk about cancer. Where is it going to come back to? I know it won't be her ovaries because they are gone!

There are so many questions I want to ask now that I didn't think of when the doctor talked to us after the surgery. But deep down I really know most of the answers, and I'm not ready to hear those answers spoken aloud.

I left the hospital yesterday evening. I have not been able to go back, thanks to a major winter storm, that has dumped tons of snow on the Interstate between here and there. I want so much to be there with her. I'm comforted by the fact that my Dad has been at her side the entire time.

So I will continue to pray, and we will take one day at a time.
Time is all we really have anyway- all of us......
So if anyone is out there reading this- kiss your loved ones- tell them you love them every day. If there's someone you used to be close to and aren't anymore- call them.
Mend fences, build bridges.... whatever cliche you want.

Life is short-make the most of it.........