And she's outta here!

Good, good news!  Mom, Dad, and Taelor are currently driving home!  Mom was discharged around 6:00 tonight and she's doing really well.  There will be a home health nurse who will be at the house when they get home and will help her learn to take care of the feeding tube and the ostomy bag.  The nurse will be coming every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the next two weeks and Mom will be coming back up to Chapel Hill on Tuesday for a check up with the doctors here.  We have to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time (sorry, as a Beatles fan, I had to put it in there.) We're all so excited to see so much improvement in such a short amount of time and we know it's due to hard work on Mom's part and all of the fasting and prayers that everyone else has put in.

I think the excitement for the day (beside the fact that Mom is on her way home!) was that there was a guarded prisoner in the room next to Mom's.  Crazy!  I guess convicts get sick too, but isn't it weird to think that this guy is trying to recover from something, but he's dangerous enough to have to be guarded.  Just very strange...

Dad and Mom had a talk today and he explained to her the extent of her surgery and all that was done.  She knows everything now, and her reply to this shocking news was, "At least I'm still here."  That's what I'm saying!  Whatever it takes to get you all better Mom!  So now that she knows, Staci suggested that we all try to think of something we enjoy and give it up for year to support Mom.  Staci is giving up fast-food.  She's on the road a lot with her job and fast-food makes things a lot easier for her, but she's committing to giving it up for a full year.  The rest of us are still trying to come up with something we can give up for a year as well.  We need ideas, what are somethings we can give up that will truly be a sacrifice go without, but not something unhealthy to give up?  So far I can't think of anything that will be enough of a sacrifice to me.

If anyone was looking for an address for the hospital to send a card to, you can just go ahead and send it to the house, she'll still love getting them.  I'm sure as she gets more energy she'll enjoy having visitors, just give them a call before you make any plans to come, that way they can let you know how things are going at that particular time.  Their home phone number is (910) 655-2724.  We know those prayers are helping, keep 'em coming!