Entries from March 2009
March 30, 2009
Unnamed Angels
Travis and I woke up this morning, after a crazy snow, with our sidewalks TOTALLY clear from someone snow-blowing! If it was one of you that took care of that for us…thank you! Travis sighed a huge sigh of relief and came to tell me, happy as a little school boy! Its the little things that can [...]
March 27, 2009
update on help
I’ve had a lot of responses to help for my parents. I haven’t had time to post a list of what is still left, but I will try to do that soon. Thank you for your willingness to be a part of supporting them over this next phase of life. Almost everything should be taken care [...]
March 26, 2009
PICS from the University of Iowa
These are pics of when My dad’s sister Barb and his mother who we call “Mimi” came to spend some time with us. You’ll see pics of our girls (Travis was not at the U that day), Josh, my mom, Rebekah with Mark and their little James, Barb and Mimi, and also good friends of [...]
March 25, 2009
1st Day Back in the Hometown!
The girls and I finally made it to Mercy Hospital at like 3:00 this afternoon…after what feels like moving a mountain to get out the door. Sometimes I feel quite incompetent for it to require SO much time and energy just to mobilize 3 children! Oh well, we got out the door and that’s what [...]
March 24, 2009
Familiar with QuickBooks?
Anyone familiar with QuickBooks that might be able to do a little computer input from time to time? We’re also having problems loading it onto my computer. We can’t transfer in the data into the program once its installed. Shoot me an email if you can.
March 23, 2009
An Uncharted Road
Okay, as most of you know we are at the beginning of a very difficult road with my dad. We know where we are headed now, but we don’t know quite what its going to look like or how long we’ll have. We’re still trying to grasp what the doctors have said, learn about the [...]
March 22, 2009
Easy to understand explanation of GBM-IV
This is one of the best explanations of the tumor my dad has. The neurosurgeon said that the main issue with treating this form of tumor is that it is impossible to stay ahead of it. It infiltrates so much of the brain, and even if the tumor is removed, the glias (which go all over [...]
March 21, 2009
Glioblastoma Multiforme
If you want to read a little about the kind of brain tumor my dad was diagnosed with, this will tell you a little.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme
