Today the kids and I are heading to KS to help take care of my mom. She had unexpected surgery last week because of her ulcers. Apparently there was a "huge" ulcer in her lower intestine that completely blocked off about a foot of her intestine. As you can imagine this caused serious problems for her. She has been in the hospital since last Tuesday and they did surgery on Friday. My dad said she is doing well and sitting up and able to talk a bit but she still has tubes in her throat for something so she doesn't talk much. She is supposed to be released either Friday or Saturday. So the kids and I are headed up for a week or 2 to help take care of her so my brother and dad can go to work without worry. We are headed to Clarksville for a day to crash with one of my friends and then hit the road early Saturday morning. Saturday is her birthday so I really want to get there that day. It is a long trip - it used to take Tyler and I 10 hours but now it will probably take longer plus I am bringing the little dog Lily. It will be nice to see them since our visit in Feb was so short due to our car problems in Idaho but it is a bit bittersweet because these are not the circumstances one wants to go home on.
I will keep you posted on her progress and we will try to have a little fun while we are there :)
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