She is doing well!

Just a quick late night blog to update you. Mom is tired and very ouchy, but doing really well all things considered! They have her on some good pain meds, and were going to try and get her to swing her feet to the ground this afternoon. She is not looking forward to moving around as she is still in quite a bit of pain, but sounds like she has a good frame of mind to do what is required to get home to her ranch as quickly as possible. The doctor said everything went exactly as they thought it would, and she is healing nicely.

Keep those prayers coming! I know she feels every bit of it and we do too! Thank you to you all!

Love,

The Nolan's, Flaherty's & Jennings'

Good News!!

Mom is in recovery now after a 3 hour surgery! There was more scar tissue than they originally thought, and they did find another small abscess that they removed, but it looks like they were able to successfully reverse her colostomy! Mom will be beyond THRILLED when she wakes up and hears it was a go! Dr. Martin even "pressure tested it" which made my Dad giggle a little. I will have more information when he gets to go upstairs and talk to Mom herself, but if everything continues to go well (they are CLOSELY monitoring her blood sugar this time) she will spend a few days in the hospital and then within about a month she should be pretty close to back to normal! Praise the Lord!

Thank you all for your prayers and Love for our Mom! We are so blessed to have you all in our lives and I know Mom has felt every single prayer and good thought!

More to come in a few hours!

More Prayers needed for Mom's Surgery!

Hey all! Its been a great couple of months for the mama, and the long awaited colostomy reversal surgery has been scheduled for April 14th! This is her last real hurdle medically before she will be able to get back to a life pretty close to normal. As it is a few more days in the hospital, she is not looking forward to it and is a little nervous, which is really natural. The whole family would like ask for extra prayers to calm Mom's fears and give her some peace, skilled hands for the surgeon, and lots of great care in her nursing staff. We can't WAIT for Mom to be able to get rid of that lame old bag and get back to just enjoying her life again! Your prayers brought her this far, and we know they will get her through this next challenge and that God will deliver her safely, even better than when she started!

We will keep you posted but start your prayer engines going!

Thank you!

Love,
The Nolan, Flaherty and Jennings Families