Coming Home!

Wendy is coming home today! Praise God!! Thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement to her and to us all. Please continue to pray for her recovery, and for the results of the pathology report. Samples of her bladder and lymph nodes were sent for further testing, so please pray that she will be given the All Clear and won't have to take any more chemo.

In case anyone wants to send her a card (this is not a solicitation for mail - just in case someone wants to), here is her address:

Wendy Franks
469 Co. Rd. 603
Hanceville, AL 35077

Thanks for everything and have a great day serving our Great GOD!!

Food....Well, Liquid Food

But food none the less! Wendy was allowed to have a liquid tray today (broth, Jell-o, juice and tea) - a huge step forward. I stayed with her for a few hours today while Larry was spending some time with Jessi and Landon, and was very excited to see how well she is doing. The doctor told her that if she continues to recover at this pace, she can go home either Tuesday or Wednesday! She wasn't surprised - she had been saying all along that she would go home in less than a week. Please pray for her continued fast-track recovery, for her to get some rest, and for Leighanna's safe return home -she is in Arkansas for a Langford family reunion.

Thanks and have a great Labor Day!

Juice!

Wendy is drinking juice today! Thank you, LORD!! She is feeling better, and will resume walking today. I know this isn't a lot of information, but it's all I have for now. Thanks!

Water!

Wendy is doing well the first day after the surgery. She is moving around a good bit and has not had to use much of her pain medication. However,she is not allowed to drink anything until after her intestines "wake up" after the surgery. This is becoming a problem, since she now has had nothing to eat or drink since Tuesday morning. Please, please pray that she will be cleared for liquids at her next check-in at 3:00pm. She also just isn't ready for visitors yet, but I'll let you know when she is. If you want to send her something, her address is below (her room # is P708).

Thanks!

Wendy Franks P708
UAB Hospital
1802 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35249

SUCCESS!!

Wendy came out of surgery around 6:00pm, and the surgeon said everything was a success! She did indeed get Option 3. The dr. cleaned out the lymph nodes as well to eliminate all possible cancer occurences, which explains why she was in surgery a bit longer than expected. The last I heard from my sources on the ground (AKA my parents), she was in recovery and would be moved to a room later. They hadn't been able to see her at the time, but were on their way back to the hospital to see if they could see her (my dad's uncle died, so they were at the funeral home). Wendy will be in the hospital for about a week, so I'll post her address at UAB tomorrow, if anyone wants to send her a card.

PRAISE GOD FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!! Thank you for all of your prayers, as always! They have made all the difference! Good night!

Surgery Underway

Wendy's surgery started at 7:20am. Since then, the surgeons have let the family know that she is doing well. Before the surgery, she was making jokes with the nurses, so she was in good spirit. It will be late afternoon (between 3:30-5:30pm) before she is out of surgery. I will try to update this as often as I can, but since I'm home alone with 3 very small children, I can't promise much. I can update Facebook more easily, so you can look there for the latest information. I will include full details here later. Thanks for praying! Please continue to pray that she does indeed get Option 3!