Good Deals But Sore Heals

Stan Here: 

I just looked and it has been about 4 months since anything new has been on the blog.  On that last posting we said we would not put much up unless conditions changed and you know they have not changed all that much.  The counts all seem to be pretty good. Deb is still having chemo and it seems in between some test the results come in and they look OK. Even the rash that resulted from the chemo is not as pronounced as it was at one time but it is still there. Perhaps the largest problem right now is some pretty strong problems around the ankles and back of feet that prevent wearing shoes with any thing around the heels.  Now from a mans perspective I cannot imagine wearing shoes that had no back to them but I guess if this is the price it is not so large. We do have this collection of shoes around the house with fronts and no backs but they look pretty good, in my opinion.  Not really the kind you wear shoveling snow but the kind you wear when you need to tell you husband that you cannot help with the snow.

It seems that what we have found is that it is rare with the type of cancer Deb has to ever reach the day that  it can be said that the “cancer is behind me”.  But the fact remains that somehow this cancer can be endured and that is what Deb is doing.  She is working again and once that has been possible the calls are coming in pretty good and it seems that she gets all the work she can handle.  Her work has been very good for her and to her.  Plus the extra money here is pretty nice with everything that is going on.

Deb does take care of our granddaughter Ainsley one day each week and it seems that they have bonded.  It is hard to resist posting a picture of the “star of the show”. We had a great thanksgiving with the whole family up north. We spent some time sitting in the living room with a blanket in the middle and observing Ainsley playing with stuff and doing new stuff.  Somehow I kind of forgot how much fun it is to observe the progress of infants but I thought about selling tickets to everyone as they commented “look what she is doing now”.  I think many of you have been through this but for us right now it seems pretty special.

Pictures of Ainsley: