Just a short note to post times for Edna's rosary on Sunday the 27Th at 7:00 pm and funeral Monday the 28Th at 10:00 am. The services will be at St. Patricks Catholic Church in Sidney. Some of our bloggers are family and might want to know. Hope the weather is conducive to travel.
Mary
Angkor Wat
Temples of Angkor Wat
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A Sad Day
Yesterday we learned that Brian's mom passed away at 3:48 pm. Brian had just got all the arrangements made to finally transport her to Sidney hospital today. James, Brian's brother had seen her yesterday and she wasn't feeling as well as the weekend. Edna just slipped away quietly and quickly according to her doctor. I just wish we could have gotten her home like she wished before this happened, but God has other plans sometimes.
Edna has been like a mother to me, since my mom passed away in 1995. She has been a fighter and a rock to her family, even with numerous health concerns throughout her life. We had a special relationship that I will cherish for ever. It isn't every daughter-in-law that can be accepted and loved by her mother-in-law like the way Edna did. I will miss her tremendously!
Brian and I will travel to Sidney as soon as the funeral director can get her back home from Denver so we can help make arrangements for her funeral. The funeral will not be until after Christmas, but I will post the time when it is decided.
May you all enjoy your families' gatherings this holiday season! Our family will certainly be reminiscing Edna's attributes at ours.
Mary
Edna has been like a mother to me, since my mom passed away in 1995. She has been a fighter and a rock to her family, even with numerous health concerns throughout her life. We had a special relationship that I will cherish for ever. It isn't every daughter-in-law that can be accepted and loved by her mother-in-law like the way Edna did. I will miss her tremendously!
Brian and I will travel to Sidney as soon as the funeral director can get her back home from Denver so we can help make arrangements for her funeral. The funeral will not be until after Christmas, but I will post the time when it is decided.
May you all enjoy your families' gatherings this holiday season! Our family will certainly be reminiscing Edna's attributes at ours.
Mary
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Christmas Greetings!
Sorry, that I haven't posted any new information sooner. Our family has had another health emergency since I last posted. Brian's 85 year old mother who lives in an assisted living facility in Sidney, NE went to Denver to get a pacemaker implanted. She crashed and ended up having renal failure in which she needed temporary dialysis. In the meantime, they have found a mass on her ovary but she refuses to have more testing to determine exactly what it is. I really don't blame her, she has been through enough! All she wants to do is get back to Sidney. The medical staff feels she is safe enough to go to the Sidney hospital, but hospital won't take her. I have never heard of an acute hospital refusing to take a patient. Its a new one on me. She is entitled to her medicare coverage and Brian is still trying to negotiate her acceptance . The doctors in Aurora have already signed her release papers.
It seems God gives us only what we can handle. Brian is doing a great job trying to coordinate her care along with his siblings. He is feeling better after last chemo session. We are very hopeful that next trip to Zion will truly be his last time for a while. That his cancer has disappeared and we all can move on with our life endeavours.
Brian and I are wishing all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We thank all of you for your support and prayers which have made Brian's healing process so successful.
Love,
Mary and Brian
It seems God gives us only what we can handle. Brian is doing a great job trying to coordinate her care along with his siblings. He is feeling better after last chemo session. We are very hopeful that next trip to Zion will truly be his last time for a while. That his cancer has disappeared and we all can move on with our life endeavours.
Brian and I are wishing all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We thank all of you for your support and prayers which have made Brian's healing process so successful.
Love,
Mary and Brian
Monday, December 7, 2009
Home Again
Brian and I got home Sunday night after being delayed in Denver overnight. Saturday we missed our connection from Denver to Scottsbluff due to boarding issues in Milwaukee. We had only a 30 minute window to make the connection. Frontier put us up in the Renaissance Hotel with food and future travel vouchers. We made it to the hotel in time to watch Nebraska get beat by one point. Brian slept most of time until we continued back to the airport on Sunday. We were delayed again by snow and had to wait couple hours to get on the Scottsbluff flight. But we made it safely!
Brian had surgery on Thursday to get his central line removed. He developed an infection in it and it had to be removed. Fortunately the infection was still localized and they were able to give him IV and oral antibiotics. He did have to be put under general anesthesia, then get Chemo later that day in a peripheral IV site in his arm.
Brian saw Dr. Vashi again. He told Brian he will do an other EGD scope of the esophagus and the colonoscopy at the next visit so Brian will only have to be sedated once. Next time Brian will also get another CT and possible PET scan to see how his treatment has progressed. We are hopeful he will not need any more Chemo! Our next trip to Zion will be on January 3rd. Brian and I will be flying out of Scottsbluff to Denver and then to Milwaukee again due to lower cost. We will fly home again on January 6Th.
Brian was given enough steroids to get him home and now he is feeling the effects of his chemo. He is dizzy, shaky, and very fatigued. He has trouble with his vision too. He will get better.
The holiday season is upon us and this is the first year Brian hasn't had to deal with the Postal rush in 31 years. I am thankful that he does not have to endure those postal stresses so he can concentrate on healing himself. I am also thankful for all the support and prayers! May your Christmas times be happy.
Brian had surgery on Thursday to get his central line removed. He developed an infection in it and it had to be removed. Fortunately the infection was still localized and they were able to give him IV and oral antibiotics. He did have to be put under general anesthesia, then get Chemo later that day in a peripheral IV site in his arm.
Brian saw Dr. Vashi again. He told Brian he will do an other EGD scope of the esophagus and the colonoscopy at the next visit so Brian will only have to be sedated once. Next time Brian will also get another CT and possible PET scan to see how his treatment has progressed. We are hopeful he will not need any more Chemo! Our next trip to Zion will be on January 3rd. Brian and I will be flying out of Scottsbluff to Denver and then to Milwaukee again due to lower cost. We will fly home again on January 6Th.
Brian was given enough steroids to get him home and now he is feeling the effects of his chemo. He is dizzy, shaky, and very fatigued. He has trouble with his vision too. He will get better.
The holiday season is upon us and this is the first year Brian hasn't had to deal with the Postal rush in 31 years. I am thankful that he does not have to endure those postal stresses so he can concentrate on healing himself. I am also thankful for all the support and prayers! May your Christmas times be happy.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Going to Zion
After a wonderful, loving Thanksgiving weekend; Mary and I are packing our bags for the trip to CTCA. Of course, I am starting to overcome the fatigue etc. from the last treatment and feel well this week. We will fly into Milwaukee tomorrow, I'll be watching for the king of beers as we touch down. Even though I haven't drank beer for 14 years, I still love beer; but it hates me.
Watching the fire on a cold night warms the whole person. It is getting cold enough now to qualify for winter here on the plains. With the Christmas season coming, I'm fighting off the bah-hum bug feeling. It hits me when I think of the pandemonium hitting the post office this time of year. OIC Ken reminds me that it may be different for me this year.
Wishing you and yours the best of times this holiday time of year!
Just send some thoughts and prayers our way as Mary and I press on. The energy you are sharing can not be measured or quantified, but its medicine is working. As cancer survivors, we must keep up the good fight and stand hopeful as the future is unfolding.
BRIAN
12/01/2009
Watching the fire on a cold night warms the whole person. It is getting cold enough now to qualify for winter here on the plains. With the Christmas season coming, I'm fighting off the bah-hum bug feeling. It hits me when I think of the pandemonium hitting the post office this time of year. OIC Ken reminds me that it may be different for me this year.
Wishing you and yours the best of times this holiday time of year!
Just send some thoughts and prayers our way as Mary and I press on. The energy you are sharing can not be measured or quantified, but its medicine is working. As cancer survivors, we must keep up the good fight and stand hopeful as the future is unfolding.
BRIAN
12/01/2009
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