A Special "Guest" Posting

Hello to everyone out there - this is Liz Lundy (Barbara's daughter), and I will be your guest blogger for the evening. Given the current circumstances, mom is currently unable to get on the computer and reach out to everyone. So, she has asked me to write a little something and update all her friends (and family) on how she is doing :) Here goes nothing...

Yesterday (Tuesday) we went into Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for the surgery. We were lucky enough to have Pastor Neil Hickem join us to anoint mom and pray over her before she went under. After we said our prayers and "see ya soons", they started the operation around 1 pm. We are blessed to say that everything went extremely well - no complications or delays during the surgery. Mom was able to go into recovery around 6 pm and was moved to her own room later that night. We kept telling her, "just keep clicking that Morphine button, baby!" 

After spending the night and morning there, she was released a few hours ago from the hospital and is now comfortably resting at home on her big bed with her new mattress. The journey is not completely over though. She has a road of recovery in front of her - but with God's strength and the support from all her loved ones she will hopefully recuperate quickly. The surgery also revealed that the cancer was slightly more progressed than we originally anticipated, but the surgeons thankfully caught it and removed all of the "infected" areas. We will have more answers about that in the upcoming weeks. Please continue to steadfastly pray that God will have his hand on her recovery and on any kind of other treatment that she might need. Thanks to everyone for the incredible outpouring of love and support that they have shown - she is truly BLESSED!!!