Monday Afternoon

The Dr. just came in and saw Mom.
Her wound is still oozing and the Dr. is not happy with what he is seeing.
It may still be another one to three days before she gets the port. It has to be put in by a general surgeon and they are looking at his schedule to see when there is an opening to put her in.
If the wound does not improve they may go back into surgery on Thursday to open the wound and do a "wash out" and culture it. He does not want to put her on a "general" antibiotic as it would be too broad and not specific enough to what she may need. He is not willing to say that it is infected, but he is concerned enough that he will not be sending her home until they have been able to determine if it is infected or not.
Having seen the wound, I too am concerned at the appearance, but I am not a Dr. I have seen it daily during the daily bandage changes and it looked angry to me.
Mom is struggling today. It is hard to take so many blows day after day and keep your spirits up.

Our fervent prayer request today is:

1) That the wound would not be, or get infected. If it is and they have to start an antibiotic, that causes problems for chemo and delays her by a minimum of a week to start.
2) She would get in and get a port placed ASAP. This will give them access for blood draws and a port for administering meds and her chemo without having to be poked multiple times daily.
3) For her spirits to be lifted. It seems nothing with Mom has been straight forward for many, many months. She was really looking forward to going home today.
4) For Dad to continue to be strong and to not allow fear to creep in.
5) For wisdom for the Dr.'s to know how best to treat Mom.
6) For healing.

We thank you, and appreciate your prayers.
We have been praying together this morning and will continue to call on Him to renew us every minute. I pray that we have the grace and strength to face this in a way that will bring the Lord glory. We have just started this road and have a long way to go, so we have to pace ourselves. Just wish we could pause and catch our breath first. :) :)

Psalm 136:1
"Oh give thanks to Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever."

Love to you all,
Kimberly , Ladeva, and Warren.