emmas great gramma

Today, Jason's Gramma Fitch had surgery scheduled to remove a part of her liver and biopsy her kidney. We found out while we were in Guatemala from his mom that gram had leukemia. Then, that the leukemia was very slow moving, and her diabetes would end her life before the leukemia ever got that bad. Then, the doctors changed their mind. It was liver cancer. It had spread to her kidney.

Surgery was planned to remove the cancerous part of her liver, and to biopsy her kidney, because a specialist did not think it was cancer on her kidney. Last night as she was in the hospital prepping for this morning's surgery with the family and pastor Marvin with her she was not in a good place. Her brother died from liver cancer. Her mother had one surgery, and never came out of it. She was saying her goodbyes, as her husband, and kids, and grandkids, and pastor stood around her. Jason and I are the only part of the family that couldnt be there last night, and cant be there now.

Katie called this morning to let us know about last night, and that she had gone into surgery this morning. When Jason called this afternoon and asked his mom if she was there at the hospital, she gave the phone to his dad. When they opened her up- they saw that her liver is completely deteriorated, as if shes been a life long alcoholic. It is from the medicine she takes for her diabetes. Larry takes the same medicine for his. They couldnt even pick up her liver, it just started bleeding, and they did what they could to get her closed up and stable.

Now, the family is waiting for her to stabalize, so they can talk about "options." She isnt waking up from surgery without an incredible miracle. One similar to the one growing in my tummy right now, that at this point, she will never get to meet. Katie told her she had to make it to her wedding, and that she wasnt getting married last night, so she needed to make it through surgery. I wish I could tell her that I have a greatgrandbaby who wants to meet her, miracle for miracle.

Please pray for Jason (he has never lost a family member close to him before. This is the gramma he grew up with.) and for his family. His grandpa and dad are taking this especially hard, for seperate reasons. His grandpa is afraid of life without her, and his dad sees his own mortality because the drug he is taking is doing the same thing to his liver right now.

We need lots of prayer.