Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Great MRI Results, Mono, An Elephant and a Visit with the Flanagans

Kyla and Jed returned from San Francisco and her scan was clean!! She is so relieved as we all are and thankful that our prayers are being answered. She doesn't have to go back for two months now. What a nice break for her! We will keep praying that her future scans are just as good as this time. Thank you to Steve and Cindy for the airline tickets and we are all saying special prayers for Cindy's appointment this week. She also has the same cancer as Kyla and is one of the first patients to be on this treatment and so far has done well for a year!

Kristi and Pat came to visit with Jordie, Addie and their new baby girl, Lexie. She is so tiny still....but has doubled her weight since birth. They had an appointment at Dorenbecher Hospital to talk to a neurosurgeon and neurologist about placement of a shunt for her hydrocephalus. It looks as though it will have to happen within the next two weeks. It was so great to see them and our prayers are with them to get through all these medical procedures and take one day at a time. Barb and Rick came to visit with them on Saturday night and we had a pizza and salad.

On another note, we bought two cows (or should I say one cow and an elephant) from Steve Keele Saturday. After he and Betty Jean dropped them off, the biggest steer escaped....so we spent a little time putting him back in and fixing fence. Since he was taken from his mom he mooed all night long and so none of us got much sleep. By the next morning we were all thinking maybe we would like to have a little veal instead of waiting. He sounds like an elephant....Hmmm! But the good news is that he is over that part now.

Jill has been feeling poorly for a few weeks and found out Monday that she has mononucleosis. So now she has to take it very easy for a while until she begins to feel stronger.

Emmy spent Sunday night and Monday with Gram and Grandad and as usual we had a great time. Brian never had enough to do so as usual he teased Emmy the whole time he was around her.....it will be good when he starts back to college soon. I even managed to have my first ever tricycle wreck (no I wasn't riding it...I was trying to save Emma from going down the driveway too fast).....the driveway is very steep and those things don't have brakes. Well Emma didn't get hurt but I scraped my knees and knuckles. I really do think I am becoming my mom....all I needed to say was Whoa! There are some stories about Grandma Mae that we could tell for months.

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