Terrific Tuesday

Okay, so I am running out of creative titles for each day. But it really has been a terrific day so far. Pris came by this morning and said that Leslie could eat solid food. So she had a few bites of eggs and grits this morning. She couldn't eat much, but her tummy has done fine. They are trying oral pain medicine today (Lortab) instead of morphine to see if that will manage her pain. If so, we may be able to leave this evening!! I don't want to rush it though. But so far things are moving right along.

We also got the pathology report this morning. The lymph nodes were negative, for which we are very thankful! However, the cancer had grown through the colon wall. So we weren't thrilled about that. So we will go see the oncologist in a few weeks and find out what kind of treatment will be next. There really is no point to worry much about it at this point. The oncologist wants her to heal from the surgery before starting anything. Plus, there are many options today for treatment. So it may or may not be chemotherapy. But if it is, all the guys have already promised Leslie that if she loses her hair, we'll be shaving ours! Again, there's no point in getting that far down the road yet.

So we are thanking God for His goodness to us today.

Yesterday (I don't think I already wrote this) Leslie was able to get a shower. She really felt better after that. She's going to take one again today and she had me bring her make-up. She's moving around, bending and twisting, very well. The only thing the doctor has prohibited her from is lifting. Once we get rid of the IV, she is anxious to get her normal clothes on (although this hospital gown is growing on me).

We've had a number of visitors this morning already, mostly pastors and docs. Leslie's dad and grandfather are here too. Life has been so busy for such a long time that it is so nice to have these moments just to visit.