A Quick Update

Patty has been resting and relaxing in San Antonio. She is staying with Omie and Opie...her mothers is a wonderful cook. She has had some great days and just some good days. She will have her first oncology appointment tomorrow...she is very anxious to get everything started.

She is very appreciative of the comments and cards, books and DVDs...her prayers are answered each day through yall's kind words of healing, positive thoughts and the love that goes into each one. Thanks so much for everything.

We ask that you continue to keep her, her family and her doctors in your prayers.

God Bless

She's OUT

Patty was released from the hospital yesterday!!! She will be staying with Omie and Opie for a little while so she won't be running back and forth on HWY 90. She is in good spirits and in wonderful hands...when I left her she was sitting at the table eating a coconut pie!! Hopefully she will be able to get on the blog and start posting! THANKS to all of you for all of your prayers! We must realize that the surgery is one battle in this war...so we are asking you to please stay constant with your prayers for her and her family as well as for her medical team!!!

God Bless!!

So its been a couple days since i posted last, let me catch yall up. She has been doing wonderful the last couple of days and the doctor is pleased with her recovery but it looks like she will be recovering for a while longer. She has her good and bad days, feeling wonderful in the morning and then through out the day she starts to feel bad, its an up and down hill climb. The last day and a half she has been doing really well but today when i saw her for a little while she was in intense pain. The doctor said that was normal but he was going to give her some different medicine and demands she rest, get good sleep and be left alone. He said she will be in the hospital at least another day or two, do to the pain, tom. she will get to see the scar for the first time and finally get some new bandages and maybe even get to wash her hair
(she cant wait)!!!!! Other then that she is in her own room and resting trying to be good so she can get out!!!

Hi everybody, this is kaela!!! as yall all know mom is doing great and hanging in there!! After a long day at the hospital yesterday i went back today at lunch and sat and talked to her. She is n a bit of pain today but i guess thats what happens when you get your brain opperated on!!! She was up talking, she had a full meal before i got there and she even got up to walk around earlier. Omie and opie were there keeping her company and waiting to talk to the doctor to see how the xrays went last night!! im sure all is good but offcourse we get to wait and see. It was amazing when i saw her for the first time yesterday, it was like nothing had ever happened if you didnt see the bandages. She was up awake, talking, laughing, asking were everybody was and what was going on with us that day!! Im pretty sure the surgery has caught up to her today because shes not so chatty!! but still sitting up and doing GREAT!!! My grandparents have been with her pretty much 24/7, uncle steven, dad, sissy and i were there all day yesterday waiting to see her and talk to her for a while, we thank mickey, debby and aunty liz for sitting with us during that impatient time.

God is Showing His Love!!

God continues to show Patty His love through all of yall!! Thanks so much for logging on...even some of us who has that "Oldtimers"!!! in computer know how!!!

Patty is now in a "REAL" private room...904 in Methodist Hospital!! I talked to Opie today and he said she seems to be doing real well. She left a message (cause of COURSE I'm teaching!) and she sounded good.

Right now is when the little devil crawls in to some of us because everything seems to be going so smoothly...but for REAL Prayer Warriors this is the time to Maintain and increase our Spiritual Foot Hold!!! Keep your armor on and stay on the Offensive!!!

Coker

Another Update!

WOW!!! Thanks for all of the wonderful POWERFUL coments and prayers. I was able to read them to Patty last night...she was overwhelmed with all of the love!!

She is actually in NCCU...which is Neuro Critical Care Unit. She will be there most of the day today and depending on how she is doing...they will most likely move her to a private room that isn't as strict as the NCCU.

She was doing pretty good yesterday evening, but she was in some pain. The nurse gave her some pain meds and it seemed to be helping. They took her to get an MRI last night around 11:00ish...(I know...Hospital time!!!!) They were going to check on her every hour so she wasn't going to get alot of sleep anyway! I got to meet the Surgeon...of course he didn't say much but he did stop by and check on her. He said that her recovery time will be about 6 weeks, of course Patty doesn't think it will be that long. They will start chemo in about 2 weeks. Nothing was said about radiation...so more on that later.

She wouldn't let me take her picture??? So here goes...they didn't shave her head...she has a patch above her left ear, that is about it. They wouldn't let her lay down totally to help prevent swelling...so she has to set up and sleep (When she gets enough time between all of the nurses ) The nurses are GREAT!!! Very helpful and very careing. One of them had checked out and was going home and dropped by to tell Patty good night!! COOL

The prayers are awesome!! The strength they are giving Omie and Opie and Kenneth and the girls is fantastic!! Keep it up Prayer Warriors...the battle is still being fought!!

Coker

God is GRAND

She is out of surgery...Omie said that everything went well. They by passed ICU and sent her straight to a private room!!! Keep up the Prayers!!!

Coker

Didn't start on time!

I just talked to Omie...they didn't start on time. She said it was around 9:00!!! Will post when we hear something...come on Prayer Warriors!!!

OK guys...I talked to Omie and Patty this morning before they left for the hospital...just making sure they weren't staging a revolt and head for Colorado!! They both sounded good and very positive. Keep your prayers going!! Later when we hear something

Let's get started

OK...here goes, Patty will have her surgery on Tuesday May 12 at 7:30ish...depending on the doc and the traffic!$#$ She will be in surgery for about 3 hours then she will spend the night in ICU for at least one night. Hopefully after the first night she will be moved to either PCU??? or maybe a private room...depends on how she is doing and if the nurses don't kick her out of ICU early!! The Doc said she would be in the hospital for 3 days give or take??? Our goal with the blog is so yall can keep up with her status and how she is doing...AND so she can hear from all of yall! So log on and say a few things...