Thanks to everyone for your emails, thoughts and prayers over the past few months, and especially recently. My mom is doing fine. She has large-cell lymphoma which is easier to treat than other forms and the tumor will shrink quickly. Currently it's very large and pressing against her spine, so she's in pain (or, she would be in pain if it weren't for the pretty Vicodin). She starts Chemo tomorrow and will have treatments through Christmas. The drugs are much better than they were even a few years ago, so although she'll lose her hair, she won't be all vomity for days at a time. I'm going back in October for a wedding, and am staying a week to a visit. She was in much better spirits last night than she had been in a while. I think mainly it's because they finally have answers. They were in the dark for the past few weeks, so of course she was thinking the worst. Better that than get your hopes up only to hear bad news. So all is well on the family front. Thank you all again for the amazing amount of support you have shown! You have no idea how much I appreciate it all.
Much love.