Denise, I am so sorry to hear this. How stressful for you and your family. <sigh> Will keep you, Mom and your family in my prayers. If there is anything that I can do to help you in any way, please don't hesitate to ask. Hugs, Jan Cortez Banks Co. -----Original Message----- From: gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gagen-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Denise Smiley Evening Ed, I just wanted to drop you an email and bring you update on some issues I have going on at home right now. My mother was admitted into the hospital in Thomasville last week. They did surgery today to drain the fluid that is continuing to leak from a hole in her right lung into the plural space and inserted talcum powder to make the outside of the right lung stick to the chest wall with the hope that this will help the hole heal. She is in ICU, and will remain there until she is able to breathe on her own again. Her right lung collapsed either during surgery or right after. And she has been incubated because of it. When her lung collapsed she was only breathing at 20%. My mother has been battling lung cancer now for over 28 months. Back in January 2005 she was given only 3 to 6 months to live. The doctors told us originally that because she had never smoked her prognosis was good. But it has now spread from her left lung over the last 2 years to the 1 section of her right lung and in the past month they found it had spread to the lymph nodes in her neck. Everything is completely in God's hands. I'm letting you know all of this so if I don't respond to emails within a day or so, you'll know why. I worked tonight on finishing up the 1840 census for Decatur County and I'm waiting on my cousin Ida Boyce to finish proofreading it however I went ahead and uploaded it and made notes about which District's have been proofread. I also fixed the Surname registry form. I don't have anything else pressing right away to upload or fix. I'll keep an eye as I can and keep you update on my status.