A tough Day

Stan here:
Seems like I always get to write these on days when Deb is not feeling all that well.  Today was one of those days. It was Chemo day #9. Deb did not have a good night of sleep last night and it seems like every other night she has some problems with headaches which kept her awake for a good part of the night.  Mieke took her into her treatments today and I think they had some things planned for afterwords. They got to see Via Design the place were Mary works and they said it is a very cool place. They then had a bowl of soup at some place downtown GR near Mary's work.

This past weekend we attended the funeral for Aaron's grandmother. She died at the age of 90 and they had a nice service in Wayland for her.  She was a very caring person and that came out real nicely in the service.  Even in her declining days she always asked Mieke to tell her all about what was going on with her rather than worry about her problems.  After that Deb and I spent a night up north at our place there.  We do not get to go there as much with all this going on but it was good to spend one night there. Alden joined us for the night and we had a good visit.


Speaking of Mieke we do have one big change to announce.  She decided to make the wedding June 1 rather than the earlier plans for October.  She was worried about friends in school and from long distances being able to come in October.  Originally I think she kind of pictured a wedding in the fall colors but as we explored that thought we figured it would be to iffy with the weather.  So June 1 it will be. Plans are being made.

 We do have some people to thank.  Tracy invited our family to a restaurant called The Biscuit which she owns, for a meal on her.  We are looking forward to that.  Monday Deb's friend Ellen brought over a nice meal and they had a nice visit.  Thanks to nurse Karen who made a home visit in her cowgirl costume, complete with the horse to deliver a Halloween treat.  Last night we had one of the larger Halloween crowds that I have ever seen. Kind of fun though. It seemed like we had a bunch of really cute small kids and even though Deb was not feeling all that well she could make it to the door to see all the action of the neat costumes. 

Deb's friend Vickie came over to check on her today and offer any support she needed. Thanks Vickie for you concern.

Kind of wish I had some good new on how Deb feels but that is not the case today.  Until next time thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.