Another very busy week...lots of news. First, Happy Birthday to Grace Douglas (3 years old)!

We had a great time at Kelly & Etienne's house last Sunday! (Gracie's birthday is actually on Monday the 19th). We picked up Mom Peters and had cake and ice cream! Grace opened her presents and Payton helped her. Second, Mom's house sold today! There was an offer and a counter - offer. So now, we start the packing and moving. Mom has a really nice place at Rock Creek. I'll post a web site as soon as possible so a visual tour is available. Mom will be moving around the 29th or 30th of this month.

We've been really busy the past week or so. Mom Peters has decided to get into a smaller place with less mainenance. Carol toured the area with Mom and came up with Rock Creek Retirement Community. Her house was listed on the market April 15th with Century 21 - thanks to Shiela Done! Nobody can be in the house when it's being shown - so Carol picks up Mom after work and comes over to our house on the weekend. I've been working on the yard along with Etienne. Tomorrow we're back at it - grass and box up stuff in the garage / shed. I'll post more pictures soon.

Next weekend we start moving non-essentials to the appartment.

Bringing Mom Home

Today was good news for Mom Peters, she got to go home! We picked her up from the hospital tonight around 8:30 pm. We took her home and got her settled into her own bed. She's walking great, but has to be careful of the incision site. They gave her a support belt to wear when she is getting up or moving around. Carol is staying at Mom's for a night or two just to see if she can move around okay. We don't want her to fall after all of this! Kelly & Carol cleaned the house for Mom today (washed the linen, etc. too). Thanks to everyone for the e-mails and phone calls - what an encouragement. Progress report soon!

Happy Easter 2010

Etienne, Kelly and girls came over for Easter dinner today. We had plenty to eat and lots to be thankful for! The girls found all of their Easter eggs that Grammy hid. Then we all went to the hospital to visit Mom Peters. She's doing really well. She off of the liquids and onto almost anything she wants to eat. The surgical site is sore, but she's handling that very well. The staff has her up and walking about 2 or 3 times a day. I think that Physical Therapy will begin tomorrow. We'll be going back up to her room this evening and we'll check on progress.

It's Friday evening and we just got back from the hospital. Mom Peters had surgery this afternoon and her doctor was very happy with the way things went. Her tumor was removed, and the slight kink in her intestine was straightened, and her overies were removed (should have been done with a historectomy years ago). The doctor also stated he was certain that the tumor was cancer free - but, the lab will give results in a couple of days. Mom was kinda fuzzy after surgery, but she's back in her bed (room 842 at the hospital) and very comfortable. She fell asleep while we were there. A BIG Thank you to everyone who was praying for Mom! We'll give an update tomorrow.