Still Waiting

Many have asked so I thought I'd post, although I wish I had some more updates to report. As of today, mom's legs are still very swollen from the sodium they gave her Friday night at the hospital. I hope it resolves before Wednesday, but regardless, we have a massage therapist coming to her house Wednesday at noon to do some lymphatic work on her. I'm so excited this worked out! I'm hoping this gets her lymph really moving again, so when the leg issue resolves she won't have swollen feet anymore either. She's is going to need regular work though, and hopefully will feel good enough to get out to her regular massage therapist soon. Her mouth continues to be very dry, which makes it so difficult for her to sleep, hoarse to talk, and impacts her appetite since it seems to change the taste of food. She's trying to find out what she can do to help this since it's likely a side effect of the chemoembolization. Right now we don't know when her next chemo treatment will be, but she and I both are hoping it doesn't conflict with her appointment with Dr. Reisman (with him, not for IV vitamin therapy) on Monday. Despite all that her body is going through, she continues to amaze me. As everyone knows, she is one incredibly tough woman. She's taking things a day at a time with no complaints, unless it's to crack a joke about her "elephant legs", her "Jesus juice" she puts on herself (frankincense oil), or any of the other hilarious things she comes up with. I'm so grateful for the strength she has taught and continues to teach me to have. I told her when all this started that all the strength my friends say I have is because she taught it to me. Of course I'm also so thankful, and I think I could speak for my brothers as well, that she has taught us all to have a great sense of humor! She is such an amazing lady, and I wish nothing more than to take away all she is having to deal with. Living in a broken world, where things such as this happen, can be beyond challenging. We continue to daily seek the peace and comfort God brings as he carries us, holds us, and reminds us we are loved.