Bittersweet holidays

Hi there...lots has happened since my last post. First of all, I want to thank everyone for my birthday posts and emails, they made my day =)
Christmas and birthday were bittersweet this year. I drove up north on the 22nd, and on the 23rd my nana went to the hospital due to intestinal problems she has been having for a few months. On the 24th we found out she probably had CDIF, a bacterial infection in intestines due to being on antibiotics for so long (she was on cipro for about 3 months earlier this year). We were all releaved, since CDIF, although severe, could be cured with antibiotics. My nana ordered us all to have a fun xmas without her, so we did. It was a huge xmas this year, with all my aunts and cousins present. We were only missing my nana, pa, and uncle (who was with my grandparents). Scott enjoyed his first Vetterli xmas, and even made the gravy in place of nana. I got a new sweater and a floor lamp to replace my broken one.
On the 26th, we found out the CDIF tests came back negative, and that they had found tumors in the colon, so it was colon cancer. We still celebrated my birthday that night at a Mexican restaurant in Pleasanton (scoping it out for our rehearsal dinner). I celebrated my b-day with my parents, brothers, Scott, and childhood friend Haley and her mom Pam (close family friends). We drank many margaritas, and at one point in the evening Scott and Pam burst into a duet of song at the table. It was a nice aversion from thinking about colon cancer.
The next day was my real birthday, the 27th. We drove home, stopping in Claremont to visit my nana at the hospital. My dad flew down the same day to join my uncle who was already there. My aunts drove and flew in also that day. She had a surgery scheduled for today (Fri.) to remove a tumor. It was nice to see nana, and she seemed very positive about the whole thing. We brought her some xmas presents and visited for awhile before heading back to the oc. Surgery was this morning, and my dad called around lunchtime to annouce the surgery went very well, tumor is out, and it looks like the cancer has not spread, although we won't know for sure for about a week or so. Now nana has a surgery to recover from, but it looks like she is out of danger now. Thank goodness, she has a wedding to attend exactly 6 months from today...
Lots of you know my nana, so send your happy thoughts her way =)