Labor Day---when we were farmers we thought that labor day was when everyone was working!!! As I am typing this I am looking out my window, and now, I think labor day is when all the various shapes and sizes of campers are coming home. Then again, we left Staples without printer ink today because the line ups were so long with those harried parents purchasing school staples for their school kids, like for tomorrow. That is maybe what labor day is all about. We are watching football--the labor day classic!!!Edmonton is playing in Calgary. Hooh Ra go Stamps go!!!! That is really what labor day is all about. Hmmm
We enjoyed having our three little ones from Edmonton with us. They kept us hopping but were great kids and we had a lot of fun and really full days. Once mom and dad picked them up to go home, Bob and I slept for two days!!(slight exaggeration). A 1 year old a 2 year old and a 3 year old are very busy people. This weekend we had Shamus stay with us. He is 5 years old and starts kindergarten this coming week. We enjoyed our time with him and I think he liked staying with us too.
A new concern for us, about our family, is for Michael. He had bad chest pain on Fri. night that wouldn't go away so he went into emerge at the hospital. After tests and such the doctor in emerge believes Mike has angina. He is to try and have less stress!!!!! and walk more. Then of course to see his family Dr. and if the pain comes back to high boot it to the hospital. Mike and Cori were planning to head down to Arizona again, this time with all the proper paper work!!! At the end, it didn't happen. Mike has so much work in Canada now, that they really felt that God closed the door. Now with this health issue for Mike, we as parents, really can see God's Hand at work keeping them in Canada. Right now Mike is in need of someone to be "in the office" to answer calls and dispatch the guys. Do you know a young fella in Saskatoon or Edmonton needing a job? Mike is 40 years old now. The right age for those heart attacks to happen to the young guys. Say a prayer for Mike, please.
Bob saw Dr. Neri,one of the oncologists, on Wed.. Oh!!!!, Dr. Neri, things must be looking up because it isn't Dr. Bahlis. The protein numbers have come down a long way, saying that the new mixture of drugs is working. Bob is taking cyclophosphamide,prednsone, and pomalidimine. The following numbers are for those few medical people who know what they mean!!!! The total protein in the chemistry dept is 64. Kappa free is153. Lambda Free is17.10 which puts the ratio at 8.95 down from 12.43. As I look over the print out most everything else is within the alloted range. The pain in the hip is somewhat lessened but is still severe. Altho, some days Bob gets around better than others. A number of you live with chronic pain, so you understand how it affects your daily life in every area of your life.
So for us this labor day isn't classic it is the standard that we should recognize by now. The drug regime will work for a while and then things will get tense again, then a different drug regime will be tried and it will work and on and on. We always live with a hope that a cure may be found so we will continue to try all these different regimes. Please pray that Bob will continue to handle the drugs as well as he does. Pray that I will continue to appropriate the Lord's grace, love and care.
Back to school and routine everyone!!!!
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