Happy Birthday! ÷

We have amazing friends and neighbors!! Every night, people brought  food, including this beautiful cake for my sweetie's 62nd birthday.

He has tons of great memories, but here is one more new one.

Happy birthday, Sweetie!!

Guest Blog: Big Changes by the Dog Walker

 Mom has asked me to guest blog for her. We're sorry that we haven't blogged for days. The reason that is is because Mom, the family and I are feeling overwhelmed to learn that my dad is going to pass on and we're really devastated. Ever since Mom told me about this sad news, I was really worried about how the death of my father is going to impact our lives, like going through a financial crisis and having to remember certain things with yardwork tasks and the right materials for them. Everything has been happening so fast ever since, Dad got home from the hospital and put into a hospice bed.

Mom had told me that we'll make it through even after my dad passes on. But despite this scary experience, for the last few days, we've had a lot of nice neighbors and friends give us some homemade meals and treats. It was really nice to have times not to have to cook for ourselves for a little while.

On Sunday, we went to church. Well, I went to the singles ward, but Dad was able to attend church with Mom and the other siblings in the family ward. After church, we had a family party for Dad to pay tribute to him. A lot of family came over to celebrate the August birthday parties. Mostly for Little Warrior, Curly, Drama Queen, and of course Dad.  It had been the last family party for him and we cherished every moment of it. 

One other cherished moment that Dad had was playing poker with his siblings who came over. They had quite a blast while some of the kids stayed in their rooms to either work on homework or watch a movie.

There are a lot of things I'm going to miss about my dad, but I'm mostly going to miss him, because he had helped me improve my life through challenges, like learning how to cope with hard times like this. The best advice he ever gave to me and my siblings, was in times like this, you always need to prepare for the worst, but always hope for the best.

Wordless Wednesday: Drawing of Dog Walker and Sweetie

 Dog Walker drew this picture of him and my Sweetie to pay tribute to him.

Cancer Sucks! - Eight Long Days

 Last Monday morning, my sweetie had an appointment to see the oncologist. We were excited about getting started on a treatment plan for his cancer since his port was supposed to be placed on Tuesday. That plan went out the window when his blood pressure was 60/40. I was privy to a Rapid Response team coming in (it was sort of terrifying!) and eventually he was transferred to the ER at the University of Utah. I joined him there. 

By nightfall, he was transferred to Huntsman, the best cancer hospital in Utah. That was over a week ago, and he is still there. 

Mostly, he sleeps, but he has managed to put in some hours for work with a few left over to spend some quality time with us. On Saturday, Beauty and The Beast dropped by and my sweetie challenged The Beast to a game of Backgammon. My sweetie won.

The waiting game is hard. They said they had to get him stabilized and he is still not quite there. His kidney function has been all but destroyed with today's reading at 21. I am impatient. I want to get rid of some of the monster inside him that is eating up everything in its path. He puts on a brave face.

Cancer SUCKS!