Answered prayers

What a difference a day makes!  This has been a stressful week of just waiting for answers from doctors and tests and I am happy to report that todays post contains nothing but good news!!  Here it goes:

Aunt Mary - They had her test today and found that she does NOT have cancer!!  The doctors put a stint in her bile duct to open it up and they found an enormous gall stone that will be removed with surgery sometime in the next week or so.  The doctors were all pretty certain going into this that there would most likely not be a happy ending to the story, so we are very thankful for the good news!  My favorite part is that after they put the stint in, she immediately began to feel better.  They only had her under light sedation, so when she woke up, my mom was able to get her back to school so she could participate in her beauty pagent.  They dedicated the pagent to her and since she missed her dance, they let her redo it once she got there!  Go Mary-berry!

Little Jack - After 2 days in the hospital, they never gave my sister a clear answer as to what happened, but they are thinking that it was most likely a bad virus or related to his kidney issue.  All of his tests were clear, but he is going back to his urologist next week.   He is feeling much better than he was 2 days ago so they are all back home sleeping in their own beds tonight.  Granddaddy Koeppe drove down to help cheer him up too.

Mr. Randolph - we visited with him tonight at their house and he is feeling much better.  Doctors orders are to take it easy and stay close to home in case another episode occurs, but we are happy to see him feeling back to normal.  He now just has to schedule his upcoming surgery to fix his heart.

This has been a scary week and has been a big reminder for me to be thankful for all of the blessings in my life...my amazing family, friends, and most importantly, our health!  A lot of miracles working out and we are very thankful for everyones prayers!