Jude made some pink lemonade that he wanted to bring with to share during church fellowship time today. He said, “We shouldn’t make it too good or all the people will think about the lemonade and not God.”
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Levi’s Quote of the Day
“My house broken” (while pointing to crack in kitchen tile floor). “Need tape.” (He then went to work taping the kitchen floor up.)
Jude’s Quote of the Day
“It’s impossible to fall asleep while you are awake.”
My fitbit
Andy got me a fitbit for Christmas. I had never heard of it, but love it. It’s a small device you wear on your clothing to keep track of steps taken, floors climbed, calories burned, etc. It also tracks your sleep pattern. Last night was the first night I used it to track my sleep. …
Update on Arizona
After Jude’s MRI and appointment with his oncologist, the 5 of us flew to Arizona for Christmas. My mom and dad, brother and his fiancée, sister and brother-in-law and 2 nephews met us there. We kept busy. On the first day we went hiking in the desert. Even though the hike was a wide, flat …
MRI Update
Jude’s MRI from last Friday turned out good. There is some brightness (which means either tumor or inflammation), but less than before so they think it is just inflammation that will go away. Jude did great. He pretty much took his own temperature and blood pressure and was so cooperative that they suggested he be …
Jude, the Pirate
Jude has been complaining for awhile about double and even quadruple vision. The eye doctor was unable to find anything wrong with Jude. But, today at Jude’s required pre-MRI physical exam, we learned that the vision issues Jude has been complaining about are common for brain cancer patients. They gave Jude an eye patch. Whenever his …
Countdown to the MRI
On Friday, Jude has his next MRI. It will be his 2nd MRI post-surgery/radiation. I always get worried leading up to MRIs. I’ve been so preoccupied with other things/worries, that I haven’t really had the chance to worry about this yet. I’ve got to make time for that. Just kidding (sort of). This MRI will …
Where’d Mommy Go?
Often I don’t get to see the boys before I go to work in the morning. We all go to bed at 11 p.m. or later and they are often still sleeping when I leave to catch my bus in the morning. Last night was really bad. We didn’t get any of the boys to …
Music at MacPhail
We went ahead with radiation, knowing it wasn’t risk free, but not knowing exactly what the risks were. Jude is doing great, but has complained of some vision issues that we haven’t quite gotten to the bottom of and we’ve also noticed (and tests have confirmed) that his short term memory is impaired. The Ph.D. …