Checking in....

It's been a LONG time since I last wrote. It's been a bit harder - I work every day and we have had some pretty sick kids the past month and a half. But I thought I should wander by and at least give a quick synopsis of what has been going on.

As I write, Mom and Al are in Kingston, waiting for tomorrow and Mom's LAST CHEMO!! YAY!!! Who woulda guessed all this in the past year? She is feeling good...anxious...excited. Nervous. I think her biggest fear is what the next couple of months will bring. All the stats make it clear that this form of cancer has a very high incidence of reappearing in other areas. But, she has beat so many odds thus far, why can't she be the smaller stat all the way? She is most anxious to have her hair back LOL!

Al is facing the unknown. He was in Kingston last week to have angioplasty on his one functioning kidney but they were unable to do it. It turns out, they were unaware he is full of artificial veins (the result of his bypass surgery 20+ years ago). They went in thru his arm but made the choice to not go thru with the insertion of the stent. He is to see his specialist Tuesday. He will also be having a referral to a vascular surgeon but that date has not yet been set. I'll keep you posted.

Other than that.....Mom is loving the warmer weather and is getting out to play in the dirt as often as possible. She had her 72nd birthday last Thursday and I think it was her best. She didn't do anything spectacular...she (and we!) was just happy to be here to celebrate.

Hope everyone is well and happy. Happy Spring to everyone!