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Autumn Update/Selah!/The Falls Chapter 8/2
Autumn Update: She has gone from weekly trips to UW hospital/Clinic in Madison to Monday visit from Hospice in her home. She is now able to take steroids to control nausea and vomiting. During chemo and immunotherapy, she wasn’t. It may not add days to her life, but it is adding some life to her…
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Autumn/Mom’s Heart/The Falls Chap. 8
Autumn Update Thursday, we had the final appointment with the UW hospital cancer unit. No more trips to Madison. All the familiar faces of this past year will now fade into the past. Hospice will now be coming to Autumn’s home. New faces, new cares, new care plan. Mom’s Heart Jim (my husband) will…
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Autumn/The intermingling/The Falls chapter 7/2
AUTUMN UPDATE: Due to continued weight loss, ALL cancer Treatments have been discontinued. BUT GOD!! *********** Yesterday I took a 335-mile road trip, mostly in the hills of Wisconsin. Everything is green and gorgeous. I spend so much time driving main roads or interstates, it not only caused me to slow down (literally) 😊, but…
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Autumn/ Line Shacks/Chapter 7/1
Autumn update. Still losing weight, still unable to keep much down. On the 28th (next Tuesday they will decide if they will allow another treatment or turn her care over to the hospice team.) It is a BUT GOD! time. As I have continued to say. My God is able to do OVER and…
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Autumn Update/The Falls Chapter 6
Autumn Update: Continues to lose weight. Study still on hold BUT!!! She had scans last week (the 8-week Immunotherapy scans) She has had no Treatments since the last scan (8 weeks ago) due to her continued weight loss. BUT the scans show the cancer has continued to improve. She will go to an acupuncturist tomorrow.…
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Autumn/Nuggets/Chapter 5 Part 2
Autumn update. Still losing weight. Still having difficulty keeping anything down. Immunotherapy Still on hold. God is Still faithful! The Nuggets Yesterday I attended a celebration of life for a 42 yr old woman that had lost her battle with addiction. I sat by her mom at a table during the visitation and heard…
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Autumn/Empty Rooms, Empty Wombs/ Chapter 5
Autumn Update. Home from the hospital after 9 days. Challenge still is keeping enough calories down to survive/thrive!!! Immunotherapy is one hold until she at least maintains. She will have blood work about every 5 days. She came home with many new (supportive car meds). She said WOW! Mom never thought I would own my…
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Autumn, Puzzling /Chapter 4 /2
Autumn Update! She had scans done, and the immunotherapy seems to be having some positive effects. The report said, “Slight improvement in all areas.” She is still doing a lot of vomiting and has lost 12 more pounds since Feb fourth. They are trying to keepher strong enough to give the therapy time to make…
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Life Update and The Falls Chapter 4
Monday March 11. Hard to believe it is nearing the middle of March already. It is three days until I officially complete my 73rd year on this planet. On Saturday we said goodbye to my younger sister’s husband. He has had some health issues, but 1 month ago he went in with an earache which…
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Baby / Chapter 3 Part 2 /COVID
What a week it has been! I am sorry I didn’t post last weekend >>> BUT! it was baby arrival week end. This was meant to be a 4-generation experience…. . However last week I was called to help an elderly friend that had been taken to the ER with shortness of breath. I hadn’t…