Ever have an almost perfect day? You could actually say it was perfect but you know that perfection cannot be obtained here on earth. Well my Mother's Day this year was just that! I had the most wonderful with my daughters, new son-in-law and of course little J. Alex.
From the beginning of the week, it started out hectic. Linds had to drive me to Louisville for my 6 month evaluation at the Brown Cancer Clinic. I had CT scans done on Thursday (which meant that I had to drink that gross chalky stuff on Wednesday night) Anyway, I made it through that ordeal. I am a big baby when it comes to having to drink or taste gross things. I have always been horrible about taking my medicine; ask my mom. SOOOOO, I saw Dr. Parker on Friday and she said that the scans appeared to have no signs of cancer! Can I get an AMEN on that one. Hooray, but something did show up in my lower back so I have to have an MRI done sometime soon, it could be disk degeneration. My bladder is also showing signs of disrepair from all of the radiation damage. I have had four episodes equivalent to that of passing kidney stones. I could be passing stones or I could be passing large blood clots and scar tissue. Dr. Parker told us that I was lucky to even still have a bladder considering the shape my insides were when she did my surgery in May of '06. Which leads me to another reason for my perfect days, I reached a three year mark of survival since the surgery that nearly killed me.
Ok, so I get through the Dr. visits and head on back home so that I can be there for Sunday and spend Mother's Day with Leah also. Leah and Lindsay decided that we were going to stop in Nashville on the way home and spend the night and celebrate Mother's Day there. They made reservations at the Rain Forest Cafe and everything. It was a spectacular lunch and a nice night in the hotel. Jeffrey stayed in the room with me while his mommy and daddy had some time alone. I was in hog heaven :) The girls, Jimmy and Jeffrey had wonderful presents for me; I am not going to name them all for fear of bragging. I will say that they were wonderful though and one from Jeffrey was a plaque that says that when he counts his blessings, he counts me twice! How sweet, right? So, we had a yummy lunch with calamari and all and then spent the day at the Opry Mills mall. Luckily we had the wheelchair cause Lindsay and Jimmy had to push me around almost the entire day.
You would think that this was a great day, right? It was even better when we got home. Leah and Jimmy had spotlessly cleaned my bedroom, clean bedding and all! I was so excited and to top it all off, Lindsay scrubbed my bathroom while I sipped on a fruity drink that she made me! It was a most wonderful, as perfect as a day can get here on earth. I spent it with the people that I love the most and boy did they show me how much they love me. Awesomeness, indeed! Enjoy the precious pictures from my First Mother's Day as a Grandmother and also my first-born's First Mother's Day!
Sounds great! Glad it was wonderful!
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