4th Chemo...

Today was my 4th Chemo...Hopefully this was my last Chemo. I was surprised by the folks there who have been such great help for me. They have such a kindly spirit about them, knowing that most of us who come through their doors, were scared not knowing what was going to happen to us. They tried hard to make warm fuzzies for us, while we were there. Diane, Shelly, Holly, and Rick.. And of course the Dr. who was on call at the time.

Today they all made it special for me, this was the end of the Chemo, I had made it this far. When it was time to come home, they all reminded me to ring the golden bell hanging in the hall, signalling I had made it through. They also gave me a bottle of Martinelli,s Sparkling Apple Cider to take home and celebrate with.

I have 2 weeks to work through yet, I sure appreciate those folks, who helped me so much while going through this, even tho this was their jobs, they were very caring of each of us, and knew the feelings that were deep inside with fear.

I am also Grateful for the great help that the Ward members have done, to go out of their way to help us in our time of need, Both Myself, and Lynn.

I would also like to express my Appreciation for the Love and concern that my daughter and her husband have given us, going out of their way to help and keep in contact each day. And with extra help around the house, and with the birds, and yard work. It really gives you a feeling of Love. Thanks Pauli and James.

Choose a Straw...

What a crazy Month this has been, but next month will be more so...Sometimes I feel it would be better to draw a straw from a hat, and see what we should do first.

. Monday 29th, is 4th Chemo.... with a shot the following day.
. Blood draw following week, in SLC.
. Church calling to be done end of the month.
. I will be starting radiation, for 6 weeks, 5 days a week in SLC. after a short break.
. I don't know what will happen with Lynn's health. We should get the results of two more test back.
. He needs to make a trip to Ariz. to see Jennifer and Br.Maughan.
. The Walker Court cases will be going on.
. I will be making Jodie's Wedding Cakes, somewhere, sometime.
. Mailing out, or hand deliver our part of the Wedding announcements.
. Helping Pauli with the Bridal shower for Jodie.
. Lynn needs a new suit. But he has lost three pants sizes, recently. Picking a size for him will be hard to do.


Straw....Any one...

3rd Chemo...

Yesterday I had my 3rd Chemo treatment. Dr. Chandramouli always ask how the last Chemo period of time went?. All I could say was some of the side effects, such as weakness, pain, ect. was not worse but "lingered longer". ( a phrase someone from our ward used to described, staying after church, for refreshments, and getting to know each other better, as we were a fairly new ward. ) I don't think the Dr. had heard that phrase used quite like that before, and found it interesting.
I get another shot at the Hospital today, always one the next day after Chemo. Trying to keep the calcium up in my body.

This round gave me two, whole, real tuff days, where the mussels in my digestive system were on spasms. It was like I was filling up with gas, and then trying to squeeze everything out when there was nothing there. (I couldn't eat.) Dr. said it was spasms and was common to chemo. My mussels, and track were so sore that even a sneeze or cough was terribly painful. I now have a prescription for the next round, in case it happens again. Which Dr. thinks it will.

We found information concerning Lynn at this time too. We will not know complete details for two more weeks. When the last two genetic tests, from the bone marrow biopsy was done. Right now, its just a guess from the facts so far, but the Dr. said these two test could change the out come completely. So we wait...

Engagement...

Aug 2, 2011

Will gave Jodie her Engagement Ring, in the Celestral Room, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Oct. 8, 2011...

Sunday Will Jolley and Jodie spent the afternoon with us. Will asked for our approval of their plans for Marriage in October. They have scheduled an appointment in the Salt Lake Temple, On October 8,2011, at 3:00 pm.

It will be nice to have Will as part of our family.
There first date was to the Manti Temple.

Will promised Lynn and I that They would marry in the Temple.
That he would never physically hurt Jodie.
That he love Jodie with all his heart.

My Poor Birds...

At this time I have four birds living with us. Two green-cheeks conyars, Baby and Jimmy. Two Jenday Conyars, Jenny, and Harmonie. Also staying with us for a few months is Jodie's Macaw, Tiki.

Tonight as I needed to feed the birds before they went to bed, I decided not to wear the hat that was on my head, as bird are mostly scared of hats, or brims that extend out from hats. It might be a change in the look they see when your mostly in the house with them. So I took it off, I had nothing to put on that was around me, and figured that I would only be a few minutes without it. (Big Mistake)

I walked in the room and started to talk to them and getting ready to get their dished to be filled with seed. They were scared of me, I was a stranger they had not seen before. Harmonie immediately went into defence mode, feathers up, and screaming at me, ready to protect her cage. (I raised her from almost hatching.) The other three were very leery of me, and Tiki, the Macaw went to the other side of his cage, as far away from me as he could get.

I did get my hat back on, and did get them fed, How ever they would not forgive me.
I had to ask Lynn to put them to bed.

I guess a HAT is better than No Hair....Bird Approved...

Another Blessing...

There are Surprises that pop up once in a while, and this was one of them. On top of all that has happens, Our six year old Refrigerator quit. It would cost more to fix it than to buy a new one. Our money is tight for the rest of the year, and it seems that more is expected from us. Lynn and My health situation, the Walkers expensive, Sharlyn's, Our Granddaughter, Wedding in November, and now this...

I was at this point of time, sick in bed, and having a fogy head, because of Chemo. Lynn was trying to figure out what to do to replace it with in our means, or just to get by with until we could afford another regular Refrig. He went to three stores in Tooele, to see what he could find. He looked on the Web for second hand ones. Even Our Amazing Ward wanted to help and had one we could barrow, with helpers to move it in.

In my foggy head, I jumped all over Lynn, For me he was moving faster than I could think. He was trying so hard to solve the problem. I was of no help for him. All I could see was we would barrow a Refrigerator from a friend and it would quit too, and then we would have to buy two Refrigerators. Or I also saw in my mind, a make do, that would rain inside all the time...I had one once. That was over a Friday and Saturday. By Monday I was starting to feel better, weak, but not in bed. Lynn wanted me to go see some at the stores that he had seen.

It was the 24th of July weekend, Utah's, Pioneer Holiday, and some of the stores were running sales, they were to end that night. We went into Home Depot to see the ones Lynn had seen. He had picked out some that were similar to what we had. I suggested that we might consider a freezer on the bottom, instead of the top, as we were getting older and it is getting harder to bend over. We were looking at some of those, and focused on two. A young couple was discussing one that was next to the one we were looking at. The young man said to Lynn, thinking Lynn was his wife, as she had been standing there, "This one is cheaper!" As we studied it out, it was. It also was extremely well designed inside. We both agreed this was the one we liked. The store had a policy of pay it off in six months, there would be no interest. That would work great for us, we just needed to get to January and we could pay it off.

So to make a long story, short, with smiles.....It will be delivered next Saturday. They will install it and a new water line for the ice cube maker...

I can't believe we are getting a new Refrigerator, close to something we could afford. And it comes with all the bells and whistles...