Big news, I mean HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am too excited to even attempt to come up with a witty lead-in to the 2 huge pieces of news that I have to share. So I'm just going to spit it out.

I got an official letter from Sac State yesterday congratulating me on my acceptance into the Social Work program!!!!!

::SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!::

Finally the waiting is OVER!!!!! It's such a huge relief to hear that, especially since the acceptance rate is already only 33% (and that's on a normal year; this year it was probably lower due to the fact that more people attempt to go back to school when the economy is struggling). Here's a picture of me with my acceptance letter. :)

We decided to go out to a nice dinner to celebrate. We're looking at 2 years of being absolutely broke, so that may be one of the last times we get to do that. We told our waitress that we were celebrating my acceptance into grad school, so she was kind enough to bring us this sundae:

But that's not all we were celebrating. I also found out today that I *probably* don't have cancer! My doctor called to give the lab results, and he told us that the fluid came back as having benign cells and a little bit of blood. But no cancer cells!!!! And he was fairly sure that if the tumors were indeed cancer, the cells would have shown up in the fluid. However, he is still referring me to another doctor (and orthopedic surgeon) to figure out how to go about removing the tumors so as to prevent this balloon from filling with liquid again. (**As a side note, words cannot express how grateful I am to be seeing another surgeon and NOT an oncologist!!!!!**) I will for sure have to have a fairly serious surgery for this, and the doctor indicated that I could be looking at months of physical therapy and potentially the loss of some mobility in the area, depending on where exactly these tumors are located (under muscle, cartilage, etc). But I will gladly take that anyday over the alternative!

Thanks so much to everyone who has been thinking and praying about us. Your positive energy has been nothing short of amazing!