December 22 - Grandma was taken to the ER by my dad and stepmom. She had severe bleeding. We found out it was due to cancer in her right kidney. The cancer was extending into the inferior vena cava. She also had a mass on her liver.
December 26 - Grandma had surgery to remove her right kidney. The surgery was very serious intensive surgery but went really well. They were able to get all of the cancer, including what was in the inferior vena cava. The mass on her liver was non-cancerous.
January 4 - Grandma was released from the hospital and taken to Lakeshore for rehabilitation from her kidney surgery.
January 7 - Grandma fell at Lakeshore and cracked the area of her femur bone closest to her hip.
January 8 - Grandma was taken back to Brookwood to have more intensive care for her
January 10 - Grandma is released to Golden Living nursing home for rehabilitation for her hip.
January 11 - The nurses at Golden Living realize that Grandma has had a stroke, which she had while at Brookwood. They released her without checking. Grandma is taken to the ER at Brookwood for the 3rd time. I rush home from Auburn.
January 14 - It's a Monday morning and I don't have class until 5:00 pm so I decided to stay in Birmingham. I wake up and go to see grandma in the CICU before going back to Auburn. Ann calls me to tell me that my dad is being rushed to the ER via ambulance for stomach pain. We find out that his stomach pain is being caused by diverticulitis. Diverticuli are polyps in the colon + itis = inflamed polyps that cause buildup in the colon. These polyps in my dads colon were bursting. So, he is told he has to stay in the hospital a few days to let them heal. If they don't heal he will have to have surgery to remove part of his colon.
January 17 - Ann calls me to tell me that my dad is only getting worse and my dad is about to have an emergency operation on his colon. My dad had 15 inches of his colon removed. He is taken to the SICU after surgery.
January 18 - Grandma is released from Brookwood again and is now back at Golden Living for stroke rehabilitation.
January 20 - Dad gets moved from the SICU to the main floor. (yay!)
January 25 - Dad gets his first solid food in 11 days.
January 28 - Dad is finally home!!! YAY!!!!
when it rains it pours
and opens doors
and floods the floors
we thought would always
keep us safe and dry
-train
Although we may not understand the trials and bad times God puts us through, He is there for us throughout the whole process. He wants us to lean on Him and rely on Him for all comfort. He loves us more than we will ever comprehend. He holds our hand and stays up the late nights with us to guide us. He will not give us something that we cannot handle. He will not give us anything we cannot handle. He will not let us give up. He will continue to bless us.
Thank you so much to all of my friends that have supported me and listened to me. Thank you most of all to Hunter for always listening to me and giving me the word of God to lift me up on my bad days.
"For the Lord will not cast off forever,
but, though he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
for he does not willingly afflict
or grieve the children of men."
-Lamentations 3:31-32
"I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live."
-Psalms 116:1-2
peace. blessings. & good health.
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