whew, a taste of patience.

Well, today went interestingly to say the least. As my brother asked my mom, "Did you ever imagine a day like this in your life?" And she replied, "Only in a nightmare."
On that note...
First, we met with Dr. Kooby, who I loved, but who gave us some pretty tough news: my mom's tumor has wrapped itself around a major vein, and possibly her artery. She is inoperable in her current condition. He believes that the cancer will continue to spread, even if he operated today and he does not want to put my mom's body through the surgery, that is extremely dangerous and harsh to her body, until he is sure it might be solution. So, he thinks she needs to go ahead and have surgery to drain her bile and start chemo and radiation for next few months and then see where she is.
The negative news of all of this is that chemo is not always a miracle drug, in fact it only has a 15% of shrinking her tumor. However, the positive news is that if it does work, it will keep her cancer stable.
Also, she had an MRI today, which will tell us how much cancer has spread and to where. I guess we'll get those results tomorrow. Please pray that the results aren't as devastating as today's were. And, when I use the term, devastating, I mean it, it came from the doctor's mouth. This is a very dark diagnosis and if you do the research, many would lose hope. I know you all are with me and that we will not!

Ok, so if all that was not enough to take in, and trust me, I'm leaving out 99%, a hurricane is headed to the coast of Texas, which of course, is where our flight is headed tomorrow. Please pray that Tropical Storm, Dolly, dies off as much as possible, so that my mom, brother, Ginny, Mrs. Savino and I all safely arrive. We have made flight adjustments to better our chance of safety and just took the monetary loss. Time is crucial right now!

Next, on our agenda is that we are interviewing another doctor at MD Anderson and we will make a choice from there. We are pretty sure the doctor there will suggest the same timeline.

Gosh, everything is complicated and I could go on forever. It's been a nonstop couple of days and will continue to be throughout the next week/weeks/months.

Please pray for us all to be patient and loving. Most importantly, to believe in a living, powerful God that wants to heal!!!

My brother said to me today, "Man, I just don't know what God is doing here."

I really didn't have any words to say. I just smiled. I know He is near.