updates

Hi guys,
This is an update on Nana. Since Friday when I posted last, she had the surgery. It went well but a consequence of things has propelled the situation to a newer level.
When she went in on Thursday someone knicked something inside her urethra and she was bleeding. In heinsight that has been a blessing. On Monday, she was still bleeding so they did a CT scan and found something in her kidney.
They did another MRI and found that she has tumors inside her bladder as well as outside and also in one of her kidneys.
So tomorrow, they're going to remove what tumors they can and do a biopsey to see how aggressive they are. Because one of the tumors is in her bladder wall, they're going to have to remove one of her kidneys and her bladder, thus causing her to have to use a bag.
I spoke with her this evening after I foudn out from my dad and she said that if she's not going to have a good quality of life following the surgery they're scheduling for 4 to 6 weeks in Charlotte, she doesn't want to do it.
To be honest, I don't blame her for that.
I have never been one who believes that God would want this to happen to anyone and that his Will is being done in this situation. I can only console myself with the knowledge that God did not let this happen to her, it was merely the circumstances of life that have lead her to this point.
So I ask for many prayers for myself, my family and especially my Nana- Betty VanderBrink. It's interesting that her brother Dennis also had a tumor in his bladder that was removed.
I'll keep you posted on the surgery as well as the phone call with SSJE on Thursday.
Oh and I replied to the comment.
Love,
Nancy