Survivor 29 weeks

So many miracles have occurred in our lives since Barbara was notified that she had cancer. We have always thought there were more people with more serious problems.
This week a good friend Helen had surgery she has been in a lot of pain. She is to be released from the hospital today.
My former secretary, Quin has had to have another surgery on her throat. This time to remove scar tissue. She was the voice of the Inspection Service in Oklahoma for 30 years. She also sang in the church choir. Beautiful voice. She is no longer able to sing (to her high standard)
A friend of Leanna's
had her grandmother missing while on the way home. Ten days they searched for her. Today they found her deceased in her car that was turned on its top
Yesterday Barbara's cousin put on Facebook that they were being evacuated from their home in the Rocky Mountains. Today their daughter let us know that their home had been leveled by the fires in southern Wyoming

So you see there are lots of people that need your prayers.

God has blessed us with His Word. He promised to take care of us at all times. We have also been blessed by having good friends and good family and good prayer partners
Thank you God for taking care of us. Barbara is continuing to improve. Not great strides but improvement each day. We keep praying that the platelets continue to grow.

Sunday is coming. Sunday is coming

Friday

Barbara got up at 7 this morning and announced that she was hungry. Wow hadn't heard that in a week. So I fixed her breakfast. We then took a nap. Leanna got up and barbara told Leanna that she was hungry. So her appetite has returned. We just rested today. Nothing special. I did talk to the oncologist. She said that things were going ok. She said that hopefully the Monday blood work would show that Barbara's platelets had raided enough that she could start chemo again.

I think that the change of medicine earlier this week has helped Barbara

Thursday

Barbara didn't want to get up she didn't want to eat breakfast she didn't want to go to therapy

We got up we ate and we went to therapy. She used the glider for 10 minutes and other exercises
She asked the therapist where to get a hand bike. She wants to use it at home. So we are going to buy a hand bike to exercise her arms and hands at home.

So you see she is starting to think about getting her life back. We came home and rested but it was a good day

Greg Mona and Joseph came to visit and pray with Barbara. Then Seth Micah and Bethany came over and watered the trees. They were afraid that the 350 trees we planted would die because of the dry and heat. Thank you good neighbors.

Tonight Leanna arrived She is going to stay with us for a few days to be with her Mom and Dad. Thank you Brian for letting her spend time with us. I know she misses you already. They just had their 3 year anniversary. In 7 more days Barbara and I will celebrate 43 years of marriage

Pray that the blood platelets grow fast

Wednesday

We did not have any doctor related appointments. We just rested. I did call the oncologist about 1 left side of body useless 2 loss of appetite 3 Barbara feels hopeless (first time in 7 months) 4 she hasn't walked since taking the seizure medicine

The doctor is changing some of the medicine. We are taking more seizure medicine and less anxiety medicine in the anticipation that Barbara will begin to get use of her left side back

Also the doctor thinks that Barbara's body will regenerate blood plateletts so that we can start chemo again. (without a blood platelet infusion

I will be talking to the doctor again on Friday.

Thanks for the prayers

Tuesday

Barbara did not want to get up today. We had therapy so I made her eat then we went to therapy. The therapist re very good with Barbara and giving her good tips to do at home. After therapy we got lunch and ate it at the park.

We came home and Barbara rested. She was very confused during the occupational therapy part of the morning. I think it was just the low platelets causing the confusion and the tired feeling. She did some exercises at home after her nap.

Monday

Barbara is still very weak. We went to hospital and gave blood. Then we went to the park to just enjoy the park. We have rested the rest of the day. The blood results came back and Barbara's blood platelets are low. The oncologist said not to start the chemo tonight as scheduled. They were afraid that with the platelets so low that the chemo would cause the platelets to go lower and Barbara would begin bleeding through her skin

So we are on hold regarding chemo with the hope that her platelets will increase this week. The doctor said that it is best to do 5 days and 23 days off chemo but they said that often there are reasons to deviate. This is one of those times. So just pray that Barbara will be able to raise the blood platelets There is no food that she can eat that will raise the blood platelets. Just time will get the existing chemo out of her system so that her blood platelets will go up.

Sunday

Barbara did not go to church. She just doesn't have the strength.
Church was good. We learned about being a positive spokesperson for God no matter what the circumstances are. Paul kept singing praises even though he had been beaten and placed in prison.

Barbara and I just rested today. We did invite Dwight over for a root beer float. We traded him a float for fresh tomatoes from his garden. They sure taste good fresh from the garden.