In the last blog I wrote different ways that people could help, and I think some of you took that to heart judging from the balance in our OSU account. Thanks a LOT. We went through some $ this month catching up with health stuff. The Naturopath gets back from travels soon and I think it would be good to have an early boost of the IVC because of the amount of stress. Two cancers, two car accidents, Pat sprained his ankle and I fell walking and bashed my knee. The family joke is that our 10 year old is the only one holding it all together around here!
As far as additional help--the church is taking on the fence building & yard revamping project and it is slated to begin Friday, September 29th. The idea is to make it easier to maintain and more peaceful back there. (Read: less ugly!!) Steven has had some donations from the community for supplies, and Quiznos is even donating sandwiches for dinner. He is looking for laborers to help take down the old fence, put up the new one, and also take old plants, etc. (like the lawn)out of the yard. They'll be doing a lot of stuff that we don't even know about yet, so if you want to get in on that, please call Steven at the church office at 541-753-2802. He is also accepting financial donations for this project I believe.
Sarah goes to OHSU this Monday for her next cycle of chemo. She, Pat and I will go up on Sunday afternoon and return Monday evening after the 6 hour day of infusions. She'll have a chest x-ray to check progress at about 8:30 am before the fun begins. She's been a trooper. She's experiencing all of the hair loss issues, and we were told of a wonderful foundation in Eugene that provides wigs (ooops...it's a "cranial prothesis") specifically for teens. They pay for anything that insurance doesn't, and their goal is to provide these for any teen who needs one. It's called the Angel Hair Foundation, if anyone ever has such a need. We haven't received Sarah's yet-we just began the initial process to get one, but the person that I spoke with said that her daughter went water skiing with hers. Sounds good to me...
I had a check up with Dr. Kenyon a bit ago, and he could still find no external signs of cancer, so we're hopeful. I think I'm due for scans again in October. In the meantime, I'm trying to keep stress down (heh heh), take my pills, powders and potions, get acupuncture, massage, and take Epsom salt baths. It would be easy if that were all there was to do. A dear woman from church is coming over once or twice a week to help out. It's a great boost when she comes-she's full of energy, smiles and prayer, and has willing hands. Helps me stay a little more sane.
Well, thanks again. Call Steven if you can be available to help with The Yard in any way.
"We are hard pressed on every side but not crushed;
Perplexed, but not in Despair;
Persecuted, but not Abandoned;
Struck down, but not Destroyed...
We who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body." 2 Corinthians 4:8-11
Love you,
Jeanne
