11:00 a.m. Day 2...just an add-on to the update below....talked to Lisa and Mike on the phone. They are at the hospital and Lisa sounds very happy and she even hopped this morning. Sounds like a small accomplishment, but given the pain she was in on Sat, hopping is good!!! Gotta like those painkillers!
Just a quick update. I can't give a lot of details as to the chemo treatment yesterday because Mike handled that and when he started to fill me in via phone, I got a little queasy. Let's just say the conversation started with "Lisa threw up before we even left the house". (Those of you that know me know that I'm not the person to have around when there is puking going on. Just typing the words is making me uneasy...and even though I'm a Mom it is still something I can't and don't plan to get used to!) The conversation then went something like this...had a temperature.... urinary tract infection (probably from stint), antibiotics,...she was pretty out of it... ....sent home IV bags.... we give shots....blood taken every week.......
OK, so I went into avoidance, info overload, shutdown, not listening, stop talking, arghhhh...thank God it was Mike and not me with her mode.
So....if we want more specifics, we'll have to get Mike to blog it. I spent my day carting the other kids around to appointments and pretending none of the Lisa stuff was happening. However, that fantasy will be short-lived because tonight I go on duty and stay with Lisa at the Lake House and do chemo treatment number 3 tomorrow.
I can say that by the time Mike and Lisa returned from the hospital after 8 hours at Motts yesterday, Lisa was very well hydrated, her temperature had broken and she was sounding much perkier on the phone.
So more to come...keep praying.
And a big thanks to Laura for coordinating the meal drop offs and to all of you doing the cooking. Also thanks to Laura for sharing the "cocoa bean" moment last night!!! I feel years younger!
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O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity for His creatures made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore of you to obtain for Lisa health, strength and to be cancer free. The answer to my prayer may require a miracle. Even so, you are the saint of Miracles. O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours.
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St. Gerard, who, like the Savior, loved children so tenderly and by your prayers freed many from disease and even death, listen to us who are pleading for our sick child. We thank God for the great gift of our daughter, Lisa and ask him to restore our child to health if such be his holy will. This favor, we beg of you through your love for all children and mothers. Amen.
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St. Gerard, who, like the Savior, loved children so tenderly and by your prayers freed many from disease and even death, listen to us who are pleading for our sick child. We thank God for the great gift of our daughter, Lisa and ask him to restore our child to health if such be his holy will. This favor, we beg of you through your love for all children and mothers. Amen.
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Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:19-20
3 comments:
Hi Linda,
Had this on my frig. for 14 years,liked the sentiment but guess it was meant for you.
Ardis Whitman:
Hope for the moment.There are times when it is hard to beleive in the future,when we are not brave enough.When this happens concentrate on the present.Cultivate le petit bonheur(the little happiness) until courage returns.Look forward to the beauty of the next moment,the next hour,the promise of a good meal,sleep,a book, a movie, the likelihood that tonight the stars will shine and tommorrow the sun will shine. Sink roots into the present until the strenght grows to think about tomorrow........ ps
went to one yard sale the other day there on the table a brand new shing key chain with beleive..picked it up for you and the green scapula is ordered and on it's way....My whole family continues to pray . Love Anne
Hey Family,
I am just learned of the misadventure you guys have been thrusted in. It's so intense I don't even know what to say. Know that I am praying for you guys, always. And if there is anything I can do, please let me know ASAP! My e-mail is howleyai@lpd18.navy.mil
You can reach me there everyday any day.
Love Always,
Ashley Howley (Uncle Dorks favorite eldest daughter)
Just wanted to let you know that Tim and I are thinking of you and sending the family positive thoughts. Hope all is going well with the chemo, relatively speaking.
Andrea S-R
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