Lumbar puncture & chemo success

Today mom had a lumbar puncture which drained some of the spinal fluid that has been creating pressure inside her head.  They also administered two chemotherapy agents which should act quickly on the cancer cells in her central nervous system.
This evening she showed signs of improvement-- having no headache pain and no nausea.  She also had much more stability while walking (she could barely walk at all this morning).  She sat and had dinner with my dad, Uncle Mike, Aunt Joan, my husband Bryan and myself in her bedroom sitting area.  We enjoyed a delicious dinner of scallops, rice and green beans lovingly prepared by Aunt Joan.  Mom ate better tonight than she has in weeks, even enjoyed dessert.  She walked without assistance and went to bed without pain medicine.
The doctors do feel it is necessary that a shunt be surgically placed into her head to continue to disperse the excess fluid from her brain into her belly area.  This will help to keep her symptoms away.  They also would like to implant a port into the other side of her head to administer the chemo agents directly to the brain area, rather than into her spinal column.  This surgical procedure could happen as early as this Thursday.  We will keep you posted.
In the meantime, thank you for all your prayers today.   God was listening!  And please continue to pray for her healing.  Every day is a new day.  And we feel blessed to have each one of them.