Journal entry by Susan Shisler — 9/8/2016
What a blessing to come home from Mayo to Mom and Dad's house today to find an amazing fall garden of flowers. Lovingly delivered and arranged by dear family friends. What a gift. See the picture and it captures some of the beauty. Tear filled eyes when we laid eyes on those. It may have brought upon the "ugly cry" even.
We have an apple pie in the oven from the freezer. It sounded good to Mom and what she wishes we do. She is the queen after all. And today would have been my Grandma Lu's birthday so what better way to celebrate her than apple pie.
That being said we had a long day at Mayo. The blood labs were not what we had hoped. Ugh. Stinks to be honest. But it is what it is for today. Deep breath. We had a great conversation with the Doctor. He is amazing, so caring and kind. He told us while the immunotherapy has yet to work there is a tiny chance it could work. We serve a big God and if he so chooses He can do a miracle in Mom immunotherapy or not.
So here we are bottom of the 9th...bases loaded. We are still praying for that miracle. At the same time we are reaching out to others locally to be sure that Mom has all the care and support she needs right here. Thank you for the notes, cards, emails and flowers.
Please continue to pray for a miracle. Pray for healing. Pray for sweet moments, laughter and smiles through the tears.
P.S. Saturday is the MOCA walk. If you want to join Dad and Mike they will be there walking in honor of Mom. 9:45 am. You can meet them at the playground before the walk. Mom and I will sit this one out together.
We have an apple pie in the oven from the freezer. It sounded good to Mom and what she wishes we do. She is the queen after all. And today would have been my Grandma Lu's birthday so what better way to celebrate her than apple pie.
That being said we had a long day at Mayo. The blood labs were not what we had hoped. Ugh. Stinks to be honest. But it is what it is for today. Deep breath. We had a great conversation with the Doctor. He is amazing, so caring and kind. He told us while the immunotherapy has yet to work there is a tiny chance it could work. We serve a big God and if he so chooses He can do a miracle in Mom immunotherapy or not.
So here we are bottom of the 9th...bases loaded. We are still praying for that miracle. At the same time we are reaching out to others locally to be sure that Mom has all the care and support she needs right here. Thank you for the notes, cards, emails and flowers.
Please continue to pray for a miracle. Pray for healing. Pray for sweet moments, laughter and smiles through the tears.
P.S. Saturday is the MOCA walk. If you want to join Dad and Mike they will be there walking in honor of Mom. 9:45 am. You can meet them at the playground before the walk. Mom and I will sit this one out together.
Adding in some pics from our day at Mayo...always try to park on floor 4 or floor 6 somehow it make my family closer to me on these days.
This is what we look like when we cry a lot and we are tired...it's the real deal. So often times we opt for another view...like our cute shoes and feet and hand holding.
These flowers were breathtaking....so well loved Mom and Dad are....
In typical Mom fashion she had me out on the front step by 8 am re-doing the flowers. Pulling out the geraniums and repotting the mums into those spots. She directed and I listened. She watched from the chair on the steps. I love how she always knows JUST what she wants and isn't afraid to tell me what that is...
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