Mom's in the hospital, again

Sunday was the day from, well you know. My mom has been sick for too long and on Monday she developed a knot under the skin on her stomach (this was the first day she had been out and about and she thought she just did too much), well this 'knot' became worse and Friday evening it turned into some sort of blood blister. *WARNING THIS ENTRY GETS A LITTLE GRAPHIC* Friday evening it burst and, what I know refer to as 'mixed fluids,' came out. Saturday it wasn't too bad. We have wound care items here so I was taking care of it (I thought). But, oh dear, come Sunday, the thing burst/erupted and out of it poured cups of mixed fluids. I called 9-1-1 immediately, as this was now out of my realm of knowledge. They came (7 minutes later), admitted her into the ER, determined that she had a major skin infection, operated and cut/scraped everything out and now she is recovering in the hospital where she finally feels better after more than 7 weeks of feeling like cr@p! This was a very scary few hours, but we survived and I am so glad to see she is on the road to recovery. She has been up walking around and I have finally been sleeping, because I know she is fine. We are hoping she will be home by this weekend. Since she was too sick to get her fingerprints done and surely will not be up to it by Saturday (the last day of my appointment) I will be sending CIS a letter requesting a rescheduling. She will most likely not be able to leave the house for 3 weeks or more so sometime in mid December should be good. I think I am official okay with the additional delays, mainly because I am confident it will all work out in the long run. Maybe this gives my agency some more time to work out any kinks with arranging hotel stays and all the other important things, maybe this gives the US government some more time to hire extra staff in VN to expedite the wait families are going through, maybe my mild mannered, calm child is still groaning inside it's 'far away mommy,' maybe the funding to refinance my home will come through in November since it fell through the second to last day of October, maybe I will be able to save more moolah to really enjoy myself in VN and truly experience the country without feeling like I need to save money in my child's birth country, maybe, maybe, maybe. Anyway, I feel complete with the turn this has taken. Maybe I'm just relieved that my mom is really okay and not much matters after that.

As long as I have a visual of who my child is by Spring '07 I would be a happy lady. Maybe I'll finally get this house clean. Probably not, but maybe. :)