Just wanted to take a second here to say Happy Father's Day to my dad. He is doing an amazing job of caring for Mom. I can see my Heavenly Father reflected in everything my Dad does... and I just wanted him to know that I noticed.
Happy Father's Day, Daddy!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
How has your life changed?
I was visiting with Mom and Dad today and we were talking about how Mom has been fighting this cancer for a year now. (Although she wasn't officially diagnosed until July, she did go to the emergency room on June 1st, 2007 for pain that we would eventually find out was caused by the Myeloma.)
Last July, Mom was sicker than I have ever seen her, before or since. She is fighting with grace and strength. When she begins to feel better, will she feel like her old self? I think not. I think that she can't come through a battle like this unchanged. All of those around her are changed too. We all have a strength that we weren't aware of before. We all are much more generous with the "I Love You's". And most importantly, because God says He is with the Broken Hearted, we have all experienced God's love in a new and different way than ever before. And that alone changes you. It can't not change you.
I dare you to watch this video of some people showing how God has changed them. Then I dare you to leave a comment saying how God has changed you. I triple dog dare you.
My mom's cardboard testimony could be...
Cancer Patient
(flip)
Victorious Survivor
Mine would say
Fearfully depending on other people
(flip)
Faithfully knowing God will meet ALL my needs.
What would yours say?
Last July, Mom was sicker than I have ever seen her, before or since. She is fighting with grace and strength. When she begins to feel better, will she feel like her old self? I think not. I think that she can't come through a battle like this unchanged. All of those around her are changed too. We all have a strength that we weren't aware of before. We all are much more generous with the "I Love You's". And most importantly, because God says He is with the Broken Hearted, we have all experienced God's love in a new and different way than ever before. And that alone changes you. It can't not change you.
I dare you to watch this video of some people showing how God has changed them. Then I dare you to leave a comment saying how God has changed you. I triple dog dare you.
My mom's cardboard testimony could be...
Cancer Patient
(flip)
Victorious Survivor
Mine would say
Fearfully depending on other people
(flip)
Faithfully knowing God will meet ALL my needs.
What would yours say?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The grass is still growing but we got a weed
Remember the other day when I wrote how waiting for Mom to start to feel better was a bit like grass growing. Well, the grass is growing and mom is feeling a little better every day, but I think we might have grown a weed...
Mom has had a persistant cough since... well, since she got her stem cells. In the last few days the cough passed persistant and began down right annoying. We haven't been terribly worried since a cough can be a side effect of her chemo, but we have been watching it closely. Yesterday morning, Daddy could tell that Mom just wasn't feeling as well as she had been and her cough was getting worse. There were scheduled to go into the hospital just to have her iv lines flushed, but they weren't scheduled to see the doctor until Friday.
However, after Daddy checked Mom's temp and discovered she had fever, they immediately called the doctor who told them to come on down. A chest x-ray later, we discovered that mom was trying to develop pneumonia but they caught it in time. They gave her an antibiotic, as well as a shot to boost her white cell production . She is already feeling much better, and that weed is now under control.
We are just settling back to watch some more grass grow.
Mom has had a persistant cough since... well, since she got her stem cells. In the last few days the cough passed persistant and began down right annoying. We haven't been terribly worried since a cough can be a side effect of her chemo, but we have been watching it closely. Yesterday morning, Daddy could tell that Mom just wasn't feeling as well as she had been and her cough was getting worse. There were scheduled to go into the hospital just to have her iv lines flushed, but they weren't scheduled to see the doctor until Friday.
However, after Daddy checked Mom's temp and discovered she had fever, they immediately called the doctor who told them to come on down. A chest x-ray later, we discovered that mom was trying to develop pneumonia but they caught it in time. They gave her an antibiotic, as well as a shot to boost her white cell production . She is already feeling much better, and that weed is now under control.
We are just settling back to watch some more grass grow.
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