From the House of Madewell...

Back to boring.......

On a rainy Friday of a very rainy week we are chillin at Janis and Don's house. We both slept pretty well last night. Yesterday I felt totally washed out, with no energy but tolerable pain. The 30-minute ride almost made me sick, so I know I'm not nearly ready to travel home yet. I am taking pain meds every four hours, determined not to let it get away from me like I did last time. I am still very low on energy, but my appetite so far has not gone south as it did before. Hopefully, it will stay that way. I have been off of the cancer drug for about a week and a half now. It seems there have been subtle changes in my taste (for the better), but it is hard to tell for sure.

Before checking out, we talked with Dr. DeArmond a little more about the surgery. He said that the two larger tumors (somewhere around 1-1/2" to 2" in diameter) were at a place that was easy to get to, and he had no trouble removing them entirely. However, a third one, much smaller and different in composition, was much harder to get to and more difficult to feel, so he was not as confident about it. He did say he felt good about how it went and that he thought he was able to do what was needed at this point. We have an appointment with him scheduled for Thursday, during which the stitches will be removed and we will discuss the tumor reports that hopefully will be ready by then. Until then, we are playing it by ear (is that a funny saying, or what?) as far as when to go back home. I am starting to get pains in areas that haven't been hurting yet, like the ribs, because I think the anesthesia is finally wearing off.

We appreciate so much all of the calls, visits, texts, fb comments, and especially prayers. It was really nice to have Bro. Ken, Elesha, RoChelle, and Mollie here during surgery to be with Helen and the girls. We are amazed at the spiritual support we have coming in from all over the place. We don't know where we would be without all of you. I don't even want to think about it.

Isn't Stef hilarious? If I had known she was going to do so well, I would have thought twice before asking her to sub for me. JK. When I sense that my readership (how many readers do you have to have to call it a readership?) is dropping off (I'm really laughing right now), I think I'll have her guest post for me.

Love you all!!

Kenny "Dirty Girl" Scott