As I sit here looking over the campground which has been inundated with smoke from the Northern Manitoba Forest Fires...its hard to think that we are already on week 5 of Dad's Treatments. Whats even harder to believe is that Dad still hasn't experienced ANY adverse reactions to his treatments. Yes you read that correctly...he is still doing AMAZING and looks as healthy as he did on May 28th (the day before this all happened)!! We have been super blessed with how well things are going for him. I keep waiting for the shoe to fall but the way things are looking...I don't think it is going to! We have chosen to live in the Faith that Dad can be completely healed from this cancer. There have been so many prayers sent up for him that it really is humbling! Last week Tuesday Dad went for a walk in the morning to bring the garbage out...there he met and East Indian man who was eating his breakfast beside his camper. Dad being Dad made small talk and asked this gentleman what was f...
Since starting this Blog, I have always said I would be 100% honest with my readers...even if the truth hurts, this journey has not been all teddy bears and bunny rabbits. Yesterday was an emotional day to say the least. I think I had convinced myself that Dad wasn't sick and that I wouldn't see a difference in him since the last time I saw him. But the reality is that there is a difference. This past week was not so good for him...he is in the middle of his 23 days break from Chemo but it is definitely doing things to his body...not so good things, but we are living in faith that with the not so good things that it is doing what its supposed to do, killing the BEAST! At the beginning of the week Dad had become quite unstable and balance was not his friend. Mom also noticed that his memory was lagging and he wasn't as sharp as he normally is. She got on the phone right away with Cancer Care and it was decided to try him on a steroid to hopefully reduce swelling to his brain...
At the beginning of May, Mom and Dad moved their camper up to the Agriculture Museum in Austin as they have in the past to live in their happy place for the summer! Dad had been up at the camper by himself a few times but the weekend of the 29th Mom and Max were with him! Friday was a typical day with Dad putting around, cutting grass and keeping busy as he usually does. He went to bed before Mom that evening as he was more tired then usual. At 4am on May 29th Mom woke up to Dad seizing beside her in bed. She quickly moved into nurse mode, got him on his side and called 911. With the Ambulance ordered she ran to the neighbors trailer and woke Ron up to go meet the ambulance at the gate. Jake and Carol were also there to help where needed and help keep Mom calm. When the paramedics arrived Dad started having a second seizure. They got him stabilized, removed him from the camper and started loading him into the ambulance just as he went into his 3rd seizure. At this time he was given ant...
Thank you for your update and that is fantastic news.
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