Well tonight we are just relaxing. Ron is listening to the hockey game and I'm just sitting enjoying the fact that I can use the laptop to access the internet again (so are several Ebay sellers)!!
We have had a great first week at home, I've had a few "poor me" moments but after some prayer I begin to feel better about things. We are so fortunate to be home, Ron is feeling good and is actually feeling seizures come so he is better able to control them. One of Ron's home support workers actually connected him to a woman in a town near us who has the same type of brain tumor...that is an amazing gift from God. He finally has someone to talk to that he can relate to, he doesn't feel so alone in this.
I've had so much help this week, my sister was here to help organize my family room...trying to get rid of Michaela's old toys. My brother stayed with Ron while we were downstairs...my friend's kids came and took Michaela to the park one afternoon. I'm so fortunate to have so many people in my life there for us...now if only I had a friend to help me organize my food cupboard.
Well I guess I should get down and finish some laundry!!
Friday, April 13, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Being Home
Well we've been home for 6 days now and it has been wonderful. We did hit a speedbump on Monday, Ron had a siezure and I had to call the ambulance. We were in emerg for a few hours and then we were able to come home. Just an extra shot of dilantin and we were on our way. We had really been pushing things with Ron and I think that is what happened, now we're taking things a bit easier.
I've been so busy running around the house answering Ron and Michaela's calls...plus organizing a house that I haven't been in for a few months!! But it is so nice to get things done...and now I finally have my laptop working so I don't need to run up and downstairs to get online.
Anyway I will be able to update this blog much more often now.
I truly appreciate all of your prayers...please keep them coming
I've been so busy running around the house answering Ron and Michaela's calls...plus organizing a house that I haven't been in for a few months!! But it is so nice to get things done...and now I finally have my laptop working so I don't need to run up and downstairs to get online.
Anyway I will be able to update this blog much more often now.
I truly appreciate all of your prayers...please keep them coming
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Coming Home
Well tomorrow we'll be coming home. The doctor has said Ron is able to come home!! WooHoo!!
We will have home support come in to help and he will need some aid getting around...but it will be so nice to be home again. Ron has lost his sight, we are praying that it will come back but we just don't know what will happen. He is getting stronger every day and is feeling very good!
He finished his first round of chemo (5 more to go), he had no side effects...truly an answer to prayer.
Well I'd better get back to the hospital...one more sleep!!!
We will have home support come in to help and he will need some aid getting around...but it will be so nice to be home again. Ron has lost his sight, we are praying that it will come back but we just don't know what will happen. He is getting stronger every day and is feeling very good!
He finished his first round of chemo (5 more to go), he had no side effects...truly an answer to prayer.
Well I'd better get back to the hospital...one more sleep!!!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
God is Good
I haven't been able to post too often, they don't have wireless internet at the hospital here and since I spend about 23 hours a day there it doesn't leave much time to do anything at home (other than shower and change clothes).
Ron continues to improve, it is amazing to see him getting stronger each day. He isn't able to see right now, we are having the elders from our church come by today and pray over him for his sight. He will be starting chemotherapy Monday, which is a huge answer to prayer.
Our faith has brought us so far and God continues to deliver. Ron has to rebuild his muscle strength to become more mobile, but this is all to do with being bed ridden for the last month....he will get there!!!
Please continue to pray!!
Ron continues to improve, it is amazing to see him getting stronger each day. He isn't able to see right now, we are having the elders from our church come by today and pray over him for his sight. He will be starting chemotherapy Monday, which is a huge answer to prayer.
Our faith has brought us so far and God continues to deliver. Ron has to rebuild his muscle strength to become more mobile, but this is all to do with being bed ridden for the last month....he will get there!!!
Please continue to pray!!
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Still Around
Well I haven't been able to post lately, things have been pretty busy. Ron has been doing pretty well, we were able to return to Terrace...he is in the palliative care here.
It has been such a turn around, I am amazed each day how well he is doing.
We still don't know what the future holds, they have extended his life expectancy to 3 weeks...but he is such a fighter...and I know God still has a plan.
We take each day as a gift!!
It has been such a turn around, I am amazed each day how well he is doing.
We still don't know what the future holds, they have extended his life expectancy to 3 weeks...but he is such a fighter...and I know God still has a plan.
We take each day as a gift!!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Ron's Journey
Ron will be joining the Lord soon.
The doctors have said he only has about 5 days left. He became very ill over the weekend and declined very quickly.
I know I will see him again, and I know that he will be at peace.
The doctors have said he only has about 5 days left. He became very ill over the weekend and declined very quickly.
I know I will see him again, and I know that he will be at peace.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Christmas
Well there hasn't been much to write about lately, Ron is feeling very good through his radiation and chemo.
I thought I would write about our Christmas. Well we didn't really have one...so to speak. On December 23rd was when Ron was flown by air ambulance here and when we left home to come here. We didn't know how long we would be here, I did bring a couple of gifts for Michaela and Ron to open on Christmas, but everything else was left behind.
Christmas Eve was spend at the hospital (well I did have to get some clothes to wear...that was the fun part). But no Christmas Eve service, no opening new jammies, no reading the Christmas story...just leaving Ron at the hospital and going to my MIL's place.
Christmas morning we got up and went to see Ron, we brought the presents to open...we did that in the lobby of the hospital as Ron wanted to get out of his room. People who seen Michaela would ask if Santa came, we'd told her that Santa came to our house in Terrace and left her present there because it was too big to come here...she was fine with that and would explain that to everyone. Ron's parents came and brought some snacks and we just sat in the TV room and visited with each other. Ron's mom and I went to the cafeteria for a $3.00 turkey dinner (and it tasted like a $3.00 turkey dinner). Ron felt okay, but he was still pretty sick...I hated leaving him again. That night I went to stay at my nieces condo...just Michaela and me...I really needed some alone time at that point. That night I was so tired, physically and mentally...this was the best gift for me.
It was tough for me, Christmas is my favourite time of the year, I love getting prepared for it...I love spending time with my family. It was hard to believe that it was even Christmas, you just go through the motions. I still had the worry of what Ron's biopsy would show, what was going to happen after it.
I know Christmas isn't about presents, food and commercial things...I know it is to celebrate the birth of our Saviour. Not sure where I was going with this post, I guess it was just how this Christmas wasn't like we had planned and I did get through it. I didn't enjoy it, but I'm pretty sure even if it were a different day I wouldn't have enjoyed it either. I would drive past houses decorated and wish that were us back home again, how nice it would have been to have our traditional Christmas...God willing that will be next year!!
I thought I would write about our Christmas. Well we didn't really have one...so to speak. On December 23rd was when Ron was flown by air ambulance here and when we left home to come here. We didn't know how long we would be here, I did bring a couple of gifts for Michaela and Ron to open on Christmas, but everything else was left behind.
Christmas Eve was spend at the hospital (well I did have to get some clothes to wear...that was the fun part). But no Christmas Eve service, no opening new jammies, no reading the Christmas story...just leaving Ron at the hospital and going to my MIL's place.
Christmas morning we got up and went to see Ron, we brought the presents to open...we did that in the lobby of the hospital as Ron wanted to get out of his room. People who seen Michaela would ask if Santa came, we'd told her that Santa came to our house in Terrace and left her present there because it was too big to come here...she was fine with that and would explain that to everyone. Ron's parents came and brought some snacks and we just sat in the TV room and visited with each other. Ron's mom and I went to the cafeteria for a $3.00 turkey dinner (and it tasted like a $3.00 turkey dinner). Ron felt okay, but he was still pretty sick...I hated leaving him again. That night I went to stay at my nieces condo...just Michaela and me...I really needed some alone time at that point. That night I was so tired, physically and mentally...this was the best gift for me.
It was tough for me, Christmas is my favourite time of the year, I love getting prepared for it...I love spending time with my family. It was hard to believe that it was even Christmas, you just go through the motions. I still had the worry of what Ron's biopsy would show, what was going to happen after it.
I know Christmas isn't about presents, food and commercial things...I know it is to celebrate the birth of our Saviour. Not sure where I was going with this post, I guess it was just how this Christmas wasn't like we had planned and I did get through it. I didn't enjoy it, but I'm pretty sure even if it were a different day I wouldn't have enjoyed it either. I would drive past houses decorated and wish that were us back home again, how nice it would have been to have our traditional Christmas...God willing that will be next year!!
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