Sunday Happenings-Turkish friends

Relaxing while enjoying another round of chem. Click on pix to enlarge

Today was a good day!  Deb felt good and we heard encouraging words from a number of friends and family members. The labs were good and we even heard about a 20 year survivor from NYC who still comes here for annual checkups. Our nurse today was particularly helpful.

We are in clinic with our Turkish friends who are so friendly in spite of language difficulties. They keep an English speaking son with them. This son is a computer science major at Kennesaw State  in Atlanta. The father who is the patient was a shriveled up wheel-chair bound person when we first met him. Today he is vibrant, fully mobile,  and doing well on Carfilzimib. Just wish it had worked for Deb!

One end of our table is the medicine department complete with a detailed action plan of when to take with what

'Judge' Steve and 'Capt' Dave

Airplane Angels Dave and Steve flew into town via airline and got a tour of the UAMS hospital environment. Afterwards they came to the condo for a sandwich and a visit with Deb. Then Vern took them to the other airport where Gracie parks to fly her to her own home hangar in Peachtree City. The Jet business here has been so kind to let  Gracie park in their hangar and we did not want to abuse their kindness.

Forgot  to mention that last evening we had a wonderful conversation with Unk and Esther-Vern's uncle and aunt.

Our three children are very concerned about their mother and Amanda is coming this weekend for a day.

Nurse Judy reloads the 24/7 infusion bag. It takes two nurses agreeing and signing off on all chemo and they always confirm Deb's name and birthday to ensure they have the correct victim. The workload is sometimes so high I can't  see how they get it all done.

After Steve and Dave left, Deb had a 2:30 show time at the chemo clinic. We finally closed the place after six tonight. One of the nurses had a wonderful missions discussion with us. She had made a number of medical missions trips and got all teared up talking about the poor and needy she had ministered to in Africa and Ecuador. You could tell where her heart was! 

Deb had to have 'cold' for supper because the chemo makes her feel hot. She had to have mild because her digestion has been abused. So, chef Vern provide her with cottage cheese mixed with Cheerios and banana. {She asked for it!}  Watermelon was for dessert.

Vern had spaghetti.

Deb has expressed joy multiple times over having the condo. She feels like it is home and we have confidence in its cleanliness. She has selected a number of items from our local second hand store that make it 'hers.' Deb is very artsy and has a flair for decoration that her cheap husband has seldom allowed to fully flourish!

Mr Sam

Our eighty-four year old neighbor Mr Sam called on us tonight to bring us some more magazines. He lived in Augusta, Ga over fifty years and used to have forty passes to the masters! There are parallels in his and Deb's life. He was raised near Memphis and had relatives in Corinth: Deb also.

He worked at Oak Ridge: Deb's father LT did also. He did business in Atlanta when he was young: Deb was a stock analyst in Atlanta after college.

Anyway, Mr Sam is glad to have Georgia neighbors and we are glad to have him.

Monday we have a morning treatment to bolster Deb's respiratory system to help prevent pneumonia. Then at 2:30 we go back for chemo. As someone is fond of saying, 'I'll have another please."

Finally, as Vern gave Steve and Dave the grand tour today, we once again passed by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller entrance where the Rockefeller family Bible verse is inscribed on the 12 story building.

Micah 4:6
"And what does the Lord require of thee, oh man, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God"

Does your family have a family verse? If so, please post it for us.

Blessings All!