So Much to Catch Up On

 The past four plus years that I have been missing from the blog world have been a wild 

roller coaster ride for me.  In December of 2019 I entered the hospital and was in ICU for

weeks.   I was on a respirator and my lungs were drained on a daily basis.  I don't remember

much at all but I was not expected to survive.  Through the grace of God and the devotion of

my husband, I survived.  That was not the end of my journey however.  It was discovered that

I had kidney cancer and required surgery to remove my right kidney and three lymph nodes.  The  

rub was that I could not have surgery until I gained enough strength to withstand such an invasive

procedure.  So, into a rehab hospital I went.  I was 78 pounds, and so weak I was unable to sit up

or feed myself.  My doctor was very worried about me and checked on me several times each day.  

However bad my condition was, I had great determination to not only survive, but to thrive once

again.  I started physical therapy. My sweet husband visited me every day after work and brought

me hamburgers and chocolate milk shakes because I didn't like the hospital food and needed to put on 

weight fast.  By the end of January I exceeded the hospital's goals for me.  I was able to walk without  

a walker, feed and to bathe myself.  On February 10th I went to another hospital to have my kidney and

lymph nodes removed.  The surgery was successful, but one of the cancerous nodes had wrapped

around an artery and could only be treated with a type of chemotherapy called immunology.   What

Happened next I will continue in tomorrow's post.

Love,

Susan and Oliver