Well, it's been a little while since my last post...sometimes life just gets in the way of doing fun stuff!
What we've been up to...
...suffering through what seems like a long, snowy winter...
...enjoying the cold instead of fighting it...skating in the sunshine at Silver Star www.skisilverstar.com
...realizing that we do live in a beautiful and scenic part of Canada...that's valley fog that we got above when we were at Silver Star
....celebrating our middle son Jason's 20th birthday..
...and of course, a lot of our time is spent hoping that my dad will make a full recovery from his esophageal cancer surgery. It was only 2 months ago, but it seems like 2 years ago....a long and bumpy road. Dad had his esophagus stretched for the second time this past Thursday. He was unable to eat or drink any fluid by mouth. He is still on his tube feeding but has now lost a total of 20 pounds. Luckily, his mental clarity is much improved. Today, he can eat soft foods and liquids...I am almost envious of his diet of ice cream and pudding! He is having his esophagus stretched again this Thursday in hopes that it won't be back to the size of a pen refill again. The 'connection' site does not have very good blood flow so the tissue is not healing well and staying stretched. They will continue to do these stretches in hopes that he won't have to have a surgical procedure to correct it. We just don't want Dad to have general anesthesia again if we can help it. There's the concern of mental deteriorations that comes with that but also the chance of more heart attacks. So, we'll keep hoping that the stretches will help so he can have some freedom from the tube feeding and enjoy eating a more normal diet and gaining back some weight. Here's a great photo of him from Jason's birthday on Jan.27....
...and in between all of that, we continue to plan for our holiday to Mexico. We are scheduled to leave in just 11 more days! Yikes! Haven't even begun to pack so it will be a last minute dash to get ready....all depending on how stable my Dad is. For his sake and my mom's, I hope he is doing much better after this next procedure. They deserve a holiday too!
So, that's our life in a nutshell lately.....thank you to all of our good friends who continue to be so kind and supportive for the past few months...we so appreciate it!
Let's hope the sun keeps shining on this road of life that we are on!...
