I just wanted to thank all of you 'Catters for all of your support & prayers. I know they have made a difference for me. I have felt buoyed up, and whenever I have felt the tendency to get depressed there has been this insistent voice inside me saying, "No! Don't you mourn your mother before her time! Shake yourself out of this and get on with your day!"

I also wanted to report that I have found several clinical trials in the maryland area, which is fairly close as such things go. I have faxed them to my Mom and she is very interested.

We will find out today if the cancer has metasticized. We should also find out today if her lung function is such that she could live with just the one lung. Please keep your collective fingers crossed for us on this one. If we could be done with this with one surgical procedure, I would be very relieved.

Again, thanks for being there for me and my family.

BeauDangles