Thank you for all of the wonderful prayer, comments, and support.  We came home from the hospital late this morning.  Surgery went very well and Tammy is recovering very well.  As soon as we were able to see her it was all smiles and the giddiness of a kid in a candy store.  For the first time in many months she was pain-free.  She has some discomfort in the area of the incision and an occasional back spasm, but that is all.

Going forward she will start her chemo in three days.  Her total recovery from surgery is expected to be eight weeks before she is fully back to normal.  She has lung scans scheduled for the beginning of August to see what been going on in there.  Her CEA has been inching up over the last couple of months but she has been on and off her chemo a lot because of side-effects and sickness.

We really don’t know what to expect in the coming days and months.  As usual life has been a roller-coaster of up and downs.  For a while now it seems that something else has come up right after she gets one thing figured out.  Right now we are just going to live for the moment that we are in, cherishing each second, minute, hour, and day that she does not have to fight through any pain.  Whatever happens tomorrow, will happen no matter how much we try to plan for it, escape it, or fear it.  Tonight as you lay down to go to sleep do me a favor.  Be deliberate, be specific, and be thankful for everyone in your life.