Hey, Bonnie. Thanks for your kind reply. My mother went to the oncologist yesterday. She told me they had only taken out one lymph node (the one the tumor was in) when they did the neck dissection. She found out on her visit yesterday that two lymph nodes were involved (I was wondering whether they'd taken more than one!). He was worried because it had "crossed the midline" as this was on her right side and all the others had been on the left. Don't know that much about cancer but this sounds significant??? She meets with him again tomorrow along with a "chemo man" as they want her to do a mix of chemo and radiation this time. Her attitude and fight are great but her body is on the weak side so my sister and I are getting more worried this time. I don't know what you call it, but she's been on this machine that has electronic pressure to put albuterol into your lungs as she has some asthma and has been extremely short of breath - too shallow to breathe in deep enough to get the med. into her lungs on her own. Sorry... don't mean to go on and on. Just getting it out I guess and you were the lucky one to reply to me. Aren't you glad you did :o) Thanks for listening. How is your daughter doing? And you?