Just some photos

A good friend grabbed these shots and emailed them to me. Liam has grown a half an inch since February! Enjoy. I will get some that have Dave and I soon too.

And now... a cold? allergies?

Dave will be close by the house this weekend. You should give him a call. His voice sounds like an old man, in a nursing home, on oxygen. For now he is able to breathe fine, it just sounds bad!!! He thinks it might be allergies. The Doctor can't see him until Monday but is not taking any chances - has already put him on a Z-pack antibiotic. As you probably know, Dave gets a cold or allergies, but then ends up with Bronchitis. So, he will see the Dr. on Monday.

Today and the next few months

Things are bumping along okay. Dave has Neuropathy. It is painful and constant. It is a numbing tingly feeling in the bottom of this feet, all of his toes, and the pads of his fingers. It is odd that it did not come on strong until March. The medications have not been working. He is on a new medication which is proving to be just as ineffective. Although the medications for Neuropathy are also the same as for anti-depression so he can be a very happy - at times- person in pain. Dave is getting weekly massages. Right now for a half hour but it will increase. And we are thinking of looking into Acupuncture in Milwaukee. Probably for both of us. There is a spot in his lung. They are telling us not to worry. But... how can you not? It is super small and they are going to do CAT scans every 3 months instead of every 6 months to monitor it. His next scan is April 25th. Dave and I have decided that he will fly to Boston for appointments for awhile. Maybe for the next year. One April 27th we are flying to FL for a Disney Cruise for 4 nights. Then we will be at a hotel in FL for 4 nights. We fly back on Monday and get the results to the CAT scan on Tuesday. Then that same week, on Friday, he has a Colonoscopy - the guy that is doing it is the same surgeon that did the surgery in Sept and Feb. The Dr. is one of the worlds best in this stuff, so Dave is in good hands. Then... Dave needs to go to Yorktown VA for 2 weeks to learn about his Milwaukee job. I am going to be in and out of town - spending some time with my folks. Then it is Memorial Day weekend. A last good bye to the Godfrey Family that is up in NH area, then we go Milwaukee for house hunting. We are going to be renting. We are trying to decide now: a) Drive to Milwaukee, house hunt, come back, have the movers come and take our stuff and have it directly delivered to the new place or b) Have the movers come get our stuff then we drive out to Milwaukee while we house hunt. It sits in storage and gets handled a LOT more thus causing more wear and tear. I feel like the next 6 weeks are going to FLY by! That is all for now! Sorry if I am repeating myself! Thanks for reading.

the unexpected phase

First off, thank you Staier, Weems, and Pruitt for fulfilling my request this weekend. I think my mother-in-law said it best: "We just thought it would all be okay and over by now." The Neuropathy is bad, I think it is getting better, but Dave does not see the difference yet. The constant "re-adjusting" of his system is harder than we ever thought it would be. I said to him this weekend, "I feel like we are just where we were last year at this time!!" and he said "what do you mean?" So I explained, "Last April you felt too lousy to do anything, and were always in the bathroom! What has changed?!" He did not go to work on Friday the 28th. So basically from Thursday night until Monday afternoon, he was in bed, on the couch, or in the bathroom! I try to get Liam out and do stuff with him - so that Liam is not missing out because someone is sick, and also to get Liam out of Dave's hair so he can rest. Disney Cruise is coming April 27th. I wonder if Dave will be able to enjoy any of it?