Hello Melinda and Tracie:
How wonderful that your neighbours took Stan fishing. Tracie you have such good insight into a lot of the problems we are having. Keeps me on top of my troubles.
John has been having a few very bad days. Called the doctor's office as arranged and doctor called back to increase his morphine. Asked if I had to change his diet and dr replied no it is his cancer causing the problems in his chest, throat and stomach area. He always closes his calls with "Questions?" letting me know I can ask him anything I need to know about John's needs etc. He told me to call him Wednesday and he would come over and check John out either Wednesday or Thursday. We are so fortunate to have him as our doctor.
We have been having good weather and John is looking forward to getting out in his wheelchair one of these days. Daughter told him she would take him for a trip around the block and to the small park we have on our street. John never complains and when he asks for extra meds he is in real pain, something he says, so it is easy to please him. Such as last night for dinner, daughter made some oven baked vegetables, carrots, squash, mushrooms, onions and parsnip, with garlic and olive oil. He enjoyed his meal so much and asked for a bit more, also she brought some chicken that had been marinated in some great marinade and he could eat it as well, small amount but it was moist. Our son found this great butcher on one of the streets in Vancouver and she has been bbqing it and felt her dad could eat it too. It was so good to see him really enjoying the meal and sitting at the table with the 5 of us.
Daughter and son will visit on Tuesday, were going to come Monday but there is a rodeo in the town close to us so the Hiways will be clogged. Seems that the summer activities have really reved up once May came.
Melinda, re your health. Do get your check up and look after yourself. I am going through something similiar. When my doctor, who had the stroke and is no longer my doctor, took it serious when I told him I was waking up in a panic and heart pounding he sent me for a Holter test and then found that my heart beat was too rapid, then made an appointment with the cardiologist. That appointment is the 27th and I have been to the walk in clinic to find a doctor who would receive the results from the cardiologist about what is going on. I would go to my husband's doctor but feel that he would be taking me on because of John as his practice along with the other 2 doctors is overwhelmed now. So, I pray that August comes quickly as I have an appointment interview with a doctor to see if she will take me on.
Getting on and I have to get John his lunch so will sign off.
Take care all.
Xenia