hello everyone!

i have wonderful news!!! my mom is doing good!

i do not know where to start with this update...so much has happened, and all to the glory of God!

first of all i want to thank all of your for your many prayer's on mom's behalf, i cannot express my gratitude in mere word's, it is my hope that you can get a sense of it though by my attempt to tell what has occurred for my family.

when i left to go out to arizona, i thought i was going in order to say goodbye to my mom...(at least for this life), and i was encouraged by the fact that my mom had peace with whatever came her way...the doctor had already told her there was no chance at surgery, for the tumor was too large, and her cancer was past the stage of cure...so upon my leaving, i did not have much hope for her recovery of this awful cancer, but God has changed all that...let me explain.....

upon getting out there, we did take her to another doctor, at the mayo clinic, in order to get a second opinion...he took all of us into his office, and explained that if we so chose, he would do a explorittory surgery, in other words he did not want us to have too much hope, but, he agreed to see what he could do with the facts in place up front that it may be just an open and shut surgery, confirming what the other doctor had said...

my mom told him this..."i am a christian, and i want you to know that i believe in a God that can do all thing's....i want you to know that i have peace and accept His will for my life, and that i know that IF it is God's timing for me to go be with Him, there is nothing YOU can do for me anyway, and i accept that from Him, and have peace, on the other hand, i also beleive in a God whom may use YOU to help me to be healed, and if that is His will i certainly would not want to stop Him from doing just that...." the doctor seemed a little overwhelmed at such a statement, but he agreed to do what he could....the surgery was supposed to last approx. 4 hour's if there was something that could be done...it is called a "whipple technique", and it is a very complicated surgery that entail's unhooking the stomach, and intestines and removing the bad part of the pancreas and then rehooking the other organ's again....he told us that if the surgery was short, it meant that he could not attempt to try to do it, for there were many thing's that would come into play...mainly whether or not the tumor could be removed if it was located in a place that did not have the main artery or vein in it's way...

to make a long story short, my mom's surgery lasted almost 8 hours...and the doctor was able to remove the whole tumor, small amounts at a time, by peeling it away from the main vein...he said he was sure though that mom's cancer had spread to the lymph nodes....

he removed 9 of the lymph nodes in the effective area, and NONE Of them showed any sign of cancer...he could not believe it..he even did the test twice because he thought he had made a mistake somewhere....the test came back negative again!!!

he came into mom's room the other day and told her that he did not understand the results of her tests, and that he was confused because he had never had anyone recover from the major surgery in the way mom had after just two day's....she was up and walking around, without any pain, and he had done complete reconstruction on her major organ's...removing a cyst from her kidney's, and also removing a hernia from her stomach area....he was perplexed because she did not have any pain, of any sort....(she told him her stitches itched a little)...the next day he brought one of his "team" in with him to her room, and asked mom to speak to him on the reason why she thought she had made it through this so well...my mom told the both of them, "i am an old christian, and i told you from the start what i believed, and God has chosen to use you all to help me, it is that simple....it is because of God".


they looked at her with amazement, and then mom said to them, i do not know either or you personally, and i do not know what faith you are, but i just want you to know that i have thanked God, for the both of you, and that i am also praying for you both even now....they could do nothing but thank mom over and over.

there is much more to it, (concerning how it effected my family), but, i will just say that all of this has worked wonders for my dad, a person whom had never as far as i can remember make a statement about God...(he was not saved), and my dad is now giving glory to OUR God, and mom has had her prayer about him answered.

God work's in wonderous way's..and sometime's we do not know the outcome, but, have to look to Him for our faith, and our peace, even if it mean's that death for one we love is due...i am thankful that God has chosen to allow mom to be here for a little longer, and i wish i had hours to tell all of you everything that i experienced through this amazing time in my life....but, for now...i only want to bask in God's mercy, and grace...and thank Him for His wonderous way's.

once again, thank all of you for your prayers!!!

God has answered in way's that many do not yet understand.

these doctor's have grown so fond of mom, that they do not want to let her go home tomorrow!

love you all, janet