Blessed!

That's the main way I'm feeling right now!! So blessed!! After everything my family has been through...starting last year when my dad was diagnosed with cancer...we are definitely blessed with the wonderful outcomes we have received.
My mom is home and well on her way to a healthy recovery...if we could just get her to totally kick her smoking habit. I understand this is a hard habit to kick but she MUST do it if she never wants to return to Methodist hospital again! Please pray for her to find the strength to fully kick it. She spent 3 nights in Neuro ICU and 5 nights in a regular room. She had her staples removed, all 42 of them!!! Can you believe she had 42 staples in her head? Ouch! She is returning to Louisiana on Saturday...much to our dismay. She's ready to be home...in her own bed...own house...own things! She's been in Texas almost a month and we all know...theres no place like home. She will have a follow up CT Scan on July 8 to make sure the clips are still in place and that everything looks good.
My dad had his surgery yesterday...Yay God...they only found two small spots in his bladder and were able to cauterize them...and he'll do one more round of bio therapy. His doctor said everything looks great...and we expect him to begin his new life...cancer free!! He too needs your prayers to help him stop smoking completely. Smoking is affecting my family in so many ways...and I am just so thankful that I don't have to struggle with that habit. I pray that one day my parents won't have to struggle with it either. I am also so thankful that my sister was able to quit smoking. I know how hard that was for her. I always just associated smoking with lung cancer...for whatever reason...I guess because that's what you hear about the most...but smoking causes so many other things!! Like my dad's bladder cancer and my mom's stroke and aneurysm! All of those health issues could take our parents away from us in a heartbeat...and I'm just begging God that he can help my parents see that...and help them stop!! So when you're praying tonight...pray for anyone you know who smokes...pray for yourself if you smoke...and pray that you can quit...It's just not worth it in the long run.
And just remember....