Weekend with Mom

We spent the weekend with Michelle's mom at her house in Hays. We got there Friday night and stayed through Sunday afternoon. Mom wasn't doing so well on Saturday - she was dealing with a lot of nausea and a fair amount of pain. The pain medication she takes makes her nauseous, so about half an hour before she takes her pain meds, she's supposed to take her anti-nausea meds. Well, Saturday morning, she just couldn't get the nausea under control, so she didn't take her pain meds on time for fear that they'd just make her feel even yuckier. She eventually got it all under control, but she was pretty much wiped for the day after all that. We just sat around with her and read our books for much of the day. We also rented a movie, Night at the Museum, and watched that with her. Michelle's brothers joined us for dinner that night, and that seemed to cheer Mom up to have most of the kids there with her.

We all got up and made it over to early church this morning, and then had a little cookout for Mother's Day lunch. Mom was feeling noticeably better today, but she's almost always showing signs of being terminally ill now. She sleeps a lot more than she used to, which we hear is to be expected. Oh, and she says her "innie" belly button is slowly turning into an "outie" belly button from the tumors growing in her abdomen. We had a good laugh about that!

Jeff and I made it back home in time to make a quick stir-fry for dinner. It was one we hadn't tried before, and we were pleasantly surprised at how good it was. The recipe is in the post below.