Pictures and some more updates.

Kori with the chicken

Reef on the tractor

Chase with the goats

Kori with the goats(this one bit her right after I took the photo)

Reef with the pig( very excited)

Reef's 7 months pictures.

Well I thought that I would put up some pictures of the kids from the Livestock Show. Obviously you can tell that they loved every minute of it. Can't wait till next year.

We got more updates on my papa this weekend. It is the mesothelioma cancer that they thought that it was and it is in the advanced stages. They said that they are pretty sure that without treatment that he probably has about 6 months to live. So while we are all saddened by this news we are happy because he was a great christian example and we know that he will be in Heaven when he dies. And that brings us great relief knowing that. We probably won't be doing any treatments for him because with his Alzheimer's his mind isn't getting any better and we aren't going to put him through chemo- and have him ask 500 times while he is sitting there "Why am I here?" We are just going to enjoy the last few months that he has left- and make some lasting great memories with him. He is going to be great since he has no idea what is going on and will keep forgetting that he is even sick- so that is good news on his end. But please pray for my granny and the rest of us as we prepare to let him go, and to not be sadden by this but to be excited that he will be going on to a better place that we all are striving to go to.

Update...

Well its been awhile since my last post but I have some updates on my Papa. He went in yesterday to get a biopsy of his left lower lung and to drain the fluid off again. They were concerned about his heart because his aorta is very narrowed and he has a very high pitch murmur- so they weren't really wanting to do the surgery but they had no other options. Anyways the doctor is pretty sure that the cancer is mesothelioma- which is from him working in the refineries so long ago. They will be 100% sure either today or Monday. He spent the night in ICU last night so hopefully today he will get out and get moved to a room. So please continue to pray for him and our family with some decisions that we will probably be making after we find out the results.

Well we have been very busy this week- we have our county livestock show which the kids love and been spending some time there. We had Chase's first dentist appointment yesterday which he did very well but he has a cavity. Yeah!!! So we will have to get that fixed sometime next week. Reef finally got a clean bill of health yesterday at the doctor's and finally got his 6 month shots a month late. If I haven't mentioned it Reef has had 4 back to back double ear infections during the past 2 months and if has another one then we will be getting tubes put in to his ears. This last time though he had RSV,(which is a respiratory virus in babies and very contagious) so we had to spend several days at home and calling people from Church with little ones and pregnant mothers to let them know they had been exposed. But now he is perfectly healthy which I am so relieved. I hate waiting at Dr.'s offices and was very tired of sick kids. Not fun at all. Other than that everything has been great. So hopefully I will be able to post next week about the results of my papa's tests and the decisions the family has made

Prayers Please

I just wanted to ask everyone if you could to remember my Papa in your prayers please. He has had Alzheimer's for the past 10 years now and is getting worse and worse everyday and forgetting stuff more and more. It is a very sad thing to watch someone go through that who used to care for you and play and talk with your whole life to walk in one day and him not know who you are. I can tell on a day to day basis whether he remembers me or not just by the look in his eyes and whether or not he gives me a hug or not. And luckily I am back home to where I can see him everyday, but I feel really bad for the family that does not live here and come down and he has no idea who they are anymore. He doesn't know who Clint is, or my kids, or anyone who is new ,to the family, within the past 5-10 years . His recent memory is horrible and the long term is slowly fading away. He sometimes doesn't remember why his 2 sons are paralyzed (they have been that way for about 25 years now), and has a couple of times not know who is own wife is. I hate this disease and the effects that it has on the loved ones around them. On a good note is that he is happy b/c he is in his own little world and doesn't know any different (which I guess is good for him) but is horrible especially for my granny who has to keep the car keys with her at all times so that he doesn't go wandering off, and having to repeat things over and over to him on a daily basis of stuff he forgets. The other day he asked about his mom and dad who have been dead for I don't even know how long- before I was even born. And he got sad when we told him that they had died. Its absolutely horrible- well now to add to it he went to the Dr. yesterday and they are pretty sure that he now has lung cancer. He has been sick for a few weeks now and they have thought that it was pneumonia at one time but now the fluid is around the outside of his lungs and the Dr. doesn't thinks that it is pretty bad. He goes in Friday for a PET scan and then for a biopsy of his lung to confirm it. My papa doesn't even remember going to the doctor- so I guess its good- but my granny is very upset about all of it. She told my mom "that this is the part of our lives that we are suppose to enjoy life with each other and look forward to dying and going to Heaven," but she is just worrying so much about him and that if something happens to her (because her health is not good either) that my papa won't know what to do. She takes such great care of him, but now she is having panic attacks, and she feels as though she is going to pass out all the time when she is out in public, b/c she worries about my Papa so much. She feels sick all the time in which now she is going to the Dr on Tuesday to get a scope done on her to see if it is something or just her nerves. So if you wouldn't mind putting her in your prayers as well. I will try to keep updates as I learn of them. But please keep them in your prayers and it will be most appreciated. Thank you.