Susie is awake!

One more brief update...we were able to go in and see Mom shortly after Dad posted the last blog, and to the glory of God she was awake, talking, and laughing with us!! We are blown away at how alert she is, since we were fully expecting she would probably not be able to talk much tonight, if at all. What an unexpected gift this was to us.

Also, speaking of unexpected gifts, we had over 45 people in the waiting room with us throughout the course of the day today, and all of us received countless phone calls, e-mails, text messages and even Facebook messages all day long from all of you. Thank you all for loving the McCracken family SO WELL. We felt your prayers throughout the state, nation and world for us today, and we know God heard them as well. We are very excited to be on an "upswing" right now both physically for mom and emotionally for all of us.

So what now?? The next step will be a meeting with the liver doctor tomorrow to begin the process of planning for surgery in approximately three to four weeks to remove the two spots in her liver. We would greatly appreciate continued prayers as we plan for this as well as prayer that when they removed the tumor today, there wasn't a microscopic little cell that was brushed off in the process that will implant itself in another part of her brain or body (we were told this sometimes can happen, so the docs will continue to scan her body on a regular basis). But for now, we praise the Lord for his love, faithfulness, and goodness to our family today, and we especially thank Him for all of you.

Psalm 107:1 "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever." Amen.

Molly