23 August 2007

Wednesday Mara took mom to Poosh. Things went well and afterward mom’s long craving for a hamburger led them to McDonalds. Mom was begging for McDonalds. You can double check in Revelations but I am pretty sure that this is one of the signs of the second coming. :-) Mara even brought some cheeseburgers home so that mom could snack on them. They are gone now.

Dawn and Morris Thurston came to visit in the evening. It was so nice to have friends visit. Mom and dad love it. Please consider making time to come by and visit. If you need a place to stay, we are more than happy to help. Mom is definitely up to visitors. It is a very important part of her life.

Thursday Dad took mom to Poosh. The radiologist reported that the X-Ray checked out clean. Nothing abnormal was found in mom’s chest to worry about. This is good news. The pain is subsiding due to some Loritab. We are not sure why there is pain there yet.

Tonight we had a meeting with the siblings to discuss coordinating all the necessary things (food, Poosh, Koosh consultations, mission reunions, glow in the dark landing strips to help mom at night, etc.). We all took assignments and shared our concerns with each other. It is a difficult thing to do since we all have so many emotions and our feelings are tender because of mom. But, it was a good meeting. The Lord is truly blessing us to be understanding and patient with each other and to work together.

Tomorrow after Poosh, mom is going to a consultation with a doctor who uses a Gamma Knife. “The Gamma Knife^® offers a non-invasive alternative for many patients for whom traditional brain surgery is not an option. Gamma Knife^® surgery removes the physical trauma and the majority of risks associated with conventional surgery.” This is something that we hope will be effective on the second tumor that was not removed. We will let you know what we find out.

The Christensens