HUGE PROGRES!!! Mom was able to get out of bed all by herself!!! She sat in a chair for a good half hour to forty-five minutes, and then proceeded to get back in bed (mostly by herself)!!!  The doctor also removed the tube from her stomach!!! She is able to speak more freely and has her normal comical attitude back!!!

Mom slept most of the day (morphine will do that to you) but when she was awake, she watched a little T.V., read her Bible and showed off her "battle wound".  She'll probably get up and try to walk the hallway tomorrow. I would say she progressed 100% compared to yesterday.  At this rate (God willing) she'll be home by early next week!!! Although she's in no hurry herself.  The nurses are awesome and are a great help.

The only bad news is that we haven't heard anything about the test results to see if the cancer spread to her lymph nodes.  But as a great song by Twila Paris reminds me:

This is no time for fear
This is a time for faith and determination
Don't lose the vision here
Carried away by emotion
Hold on to all that you hide in your heart
There is one thing that has always been true
It holds the world together

God is in control
We believe that His children will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember and never be shaken
There is no power above or beside Him, we know
God is in control, oh God is in control

History marches on
There is a bottom line drawn across the ages
Culture can make its plan
Oh, but the line never changes
No matter how the deception may fly
There is one thing that has always been true
It will be true forever

He has never let you down
Why start to worry now?
He is still the Lord of all we see
And He is still the loving Father
Watching over you and me

watching over you...watching over me..
watching over every things..
watching over you..watching over me..
every little sparrow..every little things...

-angel =)