Father's Day - Thankyou to Fathers

Yesterday was Father's Day and at our house with no kids around, it was a quiet celebration. However, it did make me relive some of the more special days of celebrating over the years. Some years I felt like both Mother's Day and Father's Day were my celebration of surviving another year as a single parent. Then when Jack was in my life he took over the Step-father role and helped me with raising my kids. This is a tribute to him for surviving those years as I know that they weren't easy. He not only nurtured my kids but he helped me to nurture in more of a motherly role than in previous years. Jack, thank you for being the kind of man that you are and thank you for being my children's step-father when they needed that male role model growing up. Love you!

Jack's to Rest

Jack went to the doctor and there is nothing that he can do for Jack. The tests showed 2 kidney stones about 4.7 mil. in diameter on the left side. The end result is just drink plenty of water and wait for them to pass...a good thing or not! I guess that depends on who is doing the passing. But we are relieved that there is nothing more serious. So there is no golf or strenuous work for him to do for a couple of days...just rest. Not my kind of excitement but Jack is fine with this. I will keep posting should something change for the worse. Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for the prayers.

Update on Jack's health

Well it looks like we can now get our medical degree's! When Jack took me to have some routine scans and a mammogram this morning, he suffered another major attack. So we went directly to our family doctor. After leaving a sample with the doctor and heading out for an X-ray we should know by tomorrow or sometime this week. The earliest I could get Jack in for an ultrasound is tomorrow morning, so he has to come downtown with me for that. The good thing is that Jack at least received a prescription for some Tylenol 3's to help with the pain. I can't imagine the pain associated with kidney stones. I have had my share of medical issues but this does not sound like one that I would want. the doctor called while I was writing this to say that one stone has been located in the right kidney and he is sure more will be found when he has the ultrasound. Please keep Jack in your prayers that this can be resolved quickly and with as little pain associated with it.
Love to all - hope your health is good!

Our Health

What a week, last week was! We heard more news about cancer and illness then we ever had before. My Uncle Dana, Edmonton found out that his Colon Cancer will be needing further follow up (see Dana's diaries on this blog). We planned and went to Edmonton on Saturday for a visit with him and Rachelle, my aunt. Good visit. The day before we got there we heard that my Grandma (87 yrs) fell getting out of bed and gashed her eyebrow open. She needed to be taken by ambulance and had stitches put in. When we visited with her in Edmonton, we were not prepared to see just how bruised she was. The total left side of her face including 1/2 her top and bottom lip were purple. Both arms and hands were totally swollen and purple. She did quite the number. The sad thing is that with her Alzheimer's she barely remembers falling or getting out of bed. We understand that she gets up several times a night to visit with the staff. We sure hope that she can stay in this part of the ward of the Nursing Home - excellent staff and patients.
To finish out our week we got a call from my parents to say that my Dad's lymph nodes are getting bigger than they had been from last year's tests. We knew that this was a matter of time. The clinic in Saskatoon advises that if he has any other symptoms then he should call the clinic, otherwise he is to wait until next year to have another scan and the doctors will see how much growth has taken place. You would think that with all the medical intervention that we have, that giving chemo right now would shrink what he has. However, my understanding is that the medical group needs to see what kind of chemo he will need as lymphoma never returns the same 2x round.
Then our weekend ended with Jack being sick yesterday all afternoon and evening with lots of pain in his back. Because he has already had his gall bladder out, we suspect that this is the start of kidney stones. He was sick like this just a couple of months ago (thinking it was the flu). Today he was in golf tournament and he said that he didn't golf well, but he made it through.
Please keep all my family in your prayers for continued medical intervention. My uncle who is in his late 50's and still has so much life to live; for my dad that he may not have other symptoms and that the lymph nodes don't grow anymore and stay in remission; for my Grandma that she have peace and recovery from her bad fall. Also I ask for prayers that Jack get some medical help with his sickness and that it not be kidney stones. Life has so much to offer and we all need to enjoy every day in good health and good spirits.