Mama Lou Update

Last Thursday Mama Lou had surgery to remove the cancer in her mouth. We were all very scared because of her irregular heart beat, but all the doctors approved her to have the surgery. They said it would last up to 7 hours and she could possibly have to have a trach. They would remove the pallet of her mouth and replace it with the muscle of her temple.Well, it only took about 4 hours and they didn't have to trach her! We were very thankful for that because we knew it would be a harder recovery. The doctor got all of the cancer! She was in the CCU until Sunday. She had a feeding tube because you have to give her mouth time to heal. She got moved to a regular room on Sunday and she started drinking water! When I went back on Monday, she was sitting there with no feeding tube eating some soup and pudding! She is also swallowing her pills. She is doing amazing and talking good too. God is so good. He has answered prayers of our hearts and she will still need continued prayers during this recovery time. Hopefully she will be going home by the end of the week!