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.