Well, sorry for the lag in news. This week has been horrendous. Miss Jane finished her chemotherapy last Friday. She felt great all week and had a lovely visit with her dear friend Kathy. Friday afternoon she came home and hit the bed. She didn't get out for four days. Well, technically she got out for a bit on Monday to go and have a pet scan. But if she didn't have to, she wouldn't have.
We have been going in cycles of sick but smiling, to sick and crabby, to sick and weak. It has not been fun but at least we take a little comfort in knowing that it could have been like this the entire time she was in treatment and it wasn't. Thank God.
So today she had her surgical consultation. The doctor gave her the results of her pet scan and she HAS NO CANCER ANYWHERE ELSE IN HER BODY!!!! Again, thank you God! She will be having her surgery on March 17. She will be in the hospital for 8-10 days, part of that in the ICU. This means she may get out of the hospital right on her birthday. I can't think of a nicer present for her then to have all this in the rear view mirror, can you?
She had some hydration therapy today and we are going to go and get some more tomorrow. It made a big difference but she is not out of the woods yet. One of her favorite nurses warned her that it can just keep coming and going. It's awful.
Please pray for her to feel better. She says she knows that all of your prayers are the reason she has done so well so far. Her wall of cards and well wishes is beautifully decorated and she loves it.
PS- The cats are still fighting. Possibly the dumbest cats. Ever.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Of Baptism and B Movies
Justin and I were both baptized for the first time on Sunday. It was just amazing and I recommend it highly. Mom was feeling well enough to go and to stay for the party that followed. People seemed quite puzzled because she looked amazing. She even had enough energy to make a pot of spaghetti sauce- amazing.
You may be asking yourself where in the world one would get baptized in February in the Pacific Northwest without freezing to death. That is a good question. We are lucky enough to have members in our church who have a heated swimming pool with a gigantic bubble over the top to keep us warm. We all crowded around the edge of the pool and four of us, including Justin and I, were baptized. It was very misty and surreal. My mom and dad watched my little ones for us. After the pastor was finished with us, he did an open call for anyone who was moved by the spirit. I fully expected my dad to do a cannonball, but alas, twas not to be. I know, I am as shocked as you are. It was probably just because his hands were full with the baby. I wonder what he would have done if mom just shoved him into the pool? We could have pulled off a Nacho Libre baptism.
Once again, it is snowing (yea!!) and Miss Jane is off for more microwaving. We are expecting great company this weekend and her spirits are high. Thank you for all of the cards you have sent, they are up on the wall over her computer. They give her strength and make her smile.
Thank you to the Church of God in Ayres and the Fillmore Ward of the Church of Latter Day Saints, we appreciate you spending some of the time you have with the Big Guy talking about us.
You may be asking yourself where in the world one would get baptized in February in the Pacific Northwest without freezing to death. That is a good question. We are lucky enough to have members in our church who have a heated swimming pool with a gigantic bubble over the top to keep us warm. We all crowded around the edge of the pool and four of us, including Justin and I, were baptized. It was very misty and surreal. My mom and dad watched my little ones for us. After the pastor was finished with us, he did an open call for anyone who was moved by the spirit. I fully expected my dad to do a cannonball, but alas, twas not to be. I know, I am as shocked as you are. It was probably just because his hands were full with the baby. I wonder what he would have done if mom just shoved him into the pool? We could have pulled off a Nacho Libre baptism.
Once again, it is snowing (yea!!) and Miss Jane is off for more microwaving. We are expecting great company this weekend and her spirits are high. Thank you for all of the cards you have sent, they are up on the wall over her computer. They give her strength and make her smile.
Thank you to the Church of God in Ayres and the Fillmore Ward of the Church of Latter Day Saints, we appreciate you spending some of the time you have with the Big Guy talking about us.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Thou shalt not covet thy husband's vegetables
This Thursday will be the official halfway mark of all of this. Dad is faithfully keeping track, much like in the grand tradition of counting down to summer vacation. He is a bus driver after all, you'd count too. So on we trudge straight up to the peak. Ostensibly, the ride down should go faster, right?
She is stalking our broccoli. And cauliflower. And tomatoes. She can't have any uncooked fruits or veggies and to say she's got a hankerin' would be an understatement. But, at least she has an appetite and for that we are grateful. When we are done, I will make her a three-tiered veggie cake with ranch frosting. You know, when I was a baby, she ate so many carrots that she turned orange. True story. She loves the veg.
We had a lovely visit with my mother-in-law this afternoon. Miss Jane seemed thrilled to talk to someone who wasn't a either blood relative or operating the giant microwave. Her social circle has been rather pathetic as of late. We bumped into ladies from church on Saturday and she did everything short of click her heels. I'm trying not to take this all personally.
Ruth and Alex are home and healing. Thank you for the extra prayers. I'm sure that the entire Broadhurst clan is taking up a good chunk of time at night for some of you. We appreciate your faith and will try our hardest to remain unhospitalized.
And finally, proof that dogs are smarter than cats. The two nincompoops are still hissing at each other through the doors. We have had one fur-flying fight. I was quickly able to disperse the participants by banging the baby's stroller up and down on top of the dummies. I'm either going to put them in their boxes right next to each other for a few days or tie their tails together. It will probably come down to a coin toss.
She is stalking our broccoli. And cauliflower. And tomatoes. She can't have any uncooked fruits or veggies and to say she's got a hankerin' would be an understatement. But, at least she has an appetite and for that we are grateful. When we are done, I will make her a three-tiered veggie cake with ranch frosting. You know, when I was a baby, she ate so many carrots that she turned orange. True story. She loves the veg.
We had a lovely visit with my mother-in-law this afternoon. Miss Jane seemed thrilled to talk to someone who wasn't a either blood relative or operating the giant microwave. Her social circle has been rather pathetic as of late. We bumped into ladies from church on Saturday and she did everything short of click her heels. I'm trying not to take this all personally.
Ruth and Alex are home and healing. Thank you for the extra prayers. I'm sure that the entire Broadhurst clan is taking up a good chunk of time at night for some of you. We appreciate your faith and will try our hardest to remain unhospitalized.
And finally, proof that dogs are smarter than cats. The two nincompoops are still hissing at each other through the doors. We have had one fur-flying fight. I was quickly able to disperse the participants by banging the baby's stroller up and down on top of the dummies. I'm either going to put them in their boxes right next to each other for a few days or tie their tails together. It will probably come down to a coin toss.
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