Jan. 4 Back at home!

Mom and Dad are all settled back at home now and have started to get into some routines. Dad is doing a nice job with taking care of the 2 abdomen drains with the bandaging and recording of the fluid. Mom seems most comfortable in the living room in the recliner (or as comfortable as you can be with a 10 inch incision down your front), and she's sleeping in her bed at night. Dad is continuing to make sure she takes the time to walk/move around and use her breathing tool to help in her recovery. Mom has a great appetite and is really enjoying food since that's pretty easy compared to walking and moving around and other everyday things.

We are so amazed and blessed with the outpouring of love and support! We arrived at Mom and Dad's yesterday, and 15 min. later, the phone rang, and it was the next-door neighbor saying she and another neighbor would be over with dinner and dessert in a few minutes!!! Then she called back today and said the community has dinners covered for the whole MONTH! Friends and people from church are also providing meals so I feel so blessed by that, especially because I'm not right there the way I'd like to be helping them out with meals too.

We're continuing to see God's hand on every detail, and I thank you for your thoughts and prayers for my mom! It has been so humbling to see my mom receive so many cards, phone calls, and offers to make meals!

P.S. Dad prepared our traditional Christmas morning breakfast for us today...better late than never! :-)