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!

Traveling as Two - The Glacier by Princess

On the third day of our cruise, we had a different kind of destination. Rather than stopping and getting off the ship, we sailed through some beautiful Alaskan scenery. The water was a unique shade of green with chunks of ice–some big and some small–dotting its surface. We saw all sorts of wildlife that day, though of course from a distance. Sea lions, seals, and orcas. But the most impressive thing we saw was the glacier. 

I’ve seen ‘glaciers’ before while hiking. But usually it just looks like a random patch of snow. This was different. It was like its own little mountain. We sang “Let it Go” from Frozen more than once, because the white and blue ice really did look like it belonged in Queen Elsa’s castle. 

Just about every picture looked like it could be a postcard. I was spoiled and relied on The Frog to control the camera. I just got to watch in the binoculars. But I’m glad he took the time to capture the moments. I’ve definitely looked back at some of the pictures and thought, “Wow. I was really there and saw that!” It just looks too pretty to be real. 

Most of the day was spent looking out windows or sitting on Mom and Dad’s balcony. We did take a short break and went to a fancy tea party, just for the treats, of course. They were pretty good, but not as good as our daily (ok, maybe more than that) bowls of ice cream.

Baby Doll's Awesome Game

Baby Doll played her first volleyball games this week as an official member of Bingham's actual volleyball team! These are my pics from the first game. She is #27.

Curly took pics at the second games. He is just plain better than me.

You can see her face. She played so well at the sophomore game that she was invited to sit with the JV team!!

So proud of this girl.