Saturday, 23 December 2006

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  Thought I had best get an update in here as the next few days are busy busy busy. I finished up the last of the cookies yesterday so the cookie cutters are put away for another year. We went to the local tree farm and cut down our own tree a couple of weeks ago. I haven't done that in years but it is tradition around here. Even the dogs went!

  

  

  I totally hate the cold so I was a bit reluctant to go as it had just snowed. Becky said "After what you have been through this year, a little snow ISN'T GOING TO KILL YOU!! She was right. It was great and we all had such a good time. That wasn't the only Christmas adventure we had this year. We went on the Polar Express. For those of you that are familiar with the book or the movie, it was exactly that type of experience. We drove 90 minutes to board a real steam engine train. It took us through the woods and to the North Pole. When we got off the train, we were greeted by lots of elves who carried lanterns and guided us up the long winding path  to the North Pole. There we went into a theater type of place. It was like a theater in the round type of thing, only there were no seats. The audience sat on carpeted steps that surrounded the stage. After we were all seated, an "Old Story Teller" came out on stage in his bathrobe and slippers. As he read us the Polar Express book, a big screen in back of him displayed the pictures that were in the pages of the book. As he flipped the pages, the screen changed also. It was awesome!  Of course then Santa came out to see us and walked through the audience trying to shake hands or at least acknowledge every child there. It was so heartwarming to watch the looks of wonder and total belief on the faces of the kids.  Most of them wore PJ's because "Santa loves PJ's". We took Jordan of course as well as my other daughter's child and a friend of Jordan's. Of course we took lots of pictures. This is Becky and Timmy and 3 of the children they took..

  

  This is a picture of all four of the children they took.....

  

  I have one more piece of news to share and then I will let all of you who get "stuck" reading my ramblings to get back to your life. I had a appointment with Dr. Becht this week. The ulcer that has replaced my tumor has gotten much worse and Dr. Becht thinks it has eaten it way to my jaw bone. Not a good thing as my jaw bone is a bit fragile right now from all the radiation.  He said he was sure it wasn't a return of the cancer as he rechecked the last PET scan and it was truly clear of active cancer cells. However, an infection of the jaw bone will be very hard to treat. Soooooooo I have an appointment the day after Christmas for a CT scan of the jaw bone and then an appointment on Thursday with an ENT specialist to see what he would recommend. Dr. Becht said he thinks I am going to have to have hyperbaric chamber treatments in order to heal that ulcer and stop it from continuing on it's merry way. The chamber is what they use to "decompress" deep sea divers but they have discovered that it is really helpful in the healing of wounds also. I don't know too much about it yet but it has something to do with putting me in a chamber where the atmospheric pressure is increased five times above normal pressure and the chamber is full of pure oxygen. Something about the pressure forcing the oxygen through the body and letting it completely be absorbed by compromised tissue. There can be some pretty nasty side effects but as you can tell, I don't know that much about it yet so I will cross that bridge when I come to it.  For right now, I am going to kick back and just enjoy the wonders of a Christmas I wasn't supposed to see. May all of you do the same. Don't forget to pass out the gift of hugs and appreciation to those you love. Close your eyes and fold your arms in front of you. Can you feel it?? That is my hug to you!   I love  you all.........

   

   

   

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