Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Prayers for a good friend
I want to ask for prayers for a man, that was a good friend of my friend Dan and his wife Tina. His name is George and was the soccer coach for Dan's daughter Kesli's soccer team. He was playing soccer on a adult soccer team at the Dyer soccer arena yesterday. He collapsed and died of a heart attack while playing the game he loved and coached, he was only in his fifties. Prayers are needed for his wife Cathy, his son, daughter and for numerous family and friends of this obviously loved man. It was a sudden shock to all and it is a very hard time for family and friends. Thank you and God Bless
prayer help needed!
This is Sally. Bill is back on his 8 hour shift. He has been going to bed early trying to catch up on his sleep. He said he will be writing his blog over the weekend.
The reason why I am writing tonight is to ask for prayers. Bill's good friend Dan called tonight. His daughter Kesli's soccer coach/family friend, George, passed away unexpectedly. Yesterday, he was playing on an adult soccer league at he Dyer Soccer Arena. During the game he collapsed from a heart attack. He was in his early 50's. Please pray for his wife, Cathy their son, daughter, family and friends who are shocked and are having a hard time dealing with his untimely death of such a well loved man.
The reason why I am writing tonight is to ask for prayers. Bill's good friend Dan called tonight. His daughter Kesli's soccer coach/family friend, George, passed away unexpectedly. Yesterday, he was playing on an adult soccer league at he Dyer Soccer Arena. During the game he collapsed from a heart attack. He was in his early 50's. Please pray for his wife, Cathy their son, daughter, family and friends who are shocked and are having a hard time dealing with his untimely death of such a well loved man.
Just a few things that need to be mentioned.
Just a little blog since I had the day off. I go back to work tomorrow and for the next 3 days. I will have the weekend off to enjoy. I didn't feel that great over the weekend because of chemo but I am starting to feel better. I still have to watch it because if I do to much I get dizzy. Today, I took Michael to the doctor for a recheck. He has been released but was told it will be at least another 2 weeks for him to get rid of mono. When I came home I decided to spend some time with my pumpkin. Zachary has the week off from school because of fall break. Kaity has been running a fever and crabby since the weekend. Sally still isn't feeling a 100% yet so Zachary is getting bored. I took him to "Chela's" for lunch. Then I took him to get pumpkins. When we got home I worked on the Halloween decorations. I didn't do everything I wanted to. With being dizzy I didn't think it would be good idea to be on a ladder. I had to run to Menards and of course I can't leave without looking at the Halloween and Christmas decorations. Every year I look and every year I dream what I would buy if I had extra money to spend. I always say maybe next year. At this rate I am figuring by the time I have extra money I will be to old to decorate.
Like I mentioned earlier I had worked all weekend. On Friday I was off though. It was my niece Stephanie's 12th birthday party. I was not feeling well. I didn't sleep well the night before. The chemo pump was louder then usual. Sally said she was able to hear it in the bedroom and I was in the living room. Zachary fell asleep on our bed and we couldn't get him to move. I took the couch knowing I wouldn't be able to sleep very well how it was. Plus my wife has been sleeping on the couch a lot lately. I kept getting cramps in my hands and legs which didn't help either. When the kids woke up I went to bed and slept until 12:30. I still didn't feel well but I didn't want to miss Stephanie's party either. On the way there Sally could tell I was feeling worse. She asked if I had eaten anything that day and I said "no". I didn't eat because I was feeling nauseated. Sally stopped and picked up a candy bar and a drink for me. I did feel better. I enjoyed myself at the party except for the fact that Michael kept calling. No sooner we arrived Michael called Sally's cell phone saying he was really sick and was in a lot of pain. Not knowing what to do because we were 45 minutes away from home we called our next door neighbor to check on Michael. We were assured from them that Michael was going to live. Michael called what seemed like ever y 30 minutes until we got home. Stephanie had jumbo size gourmet cups cakes served with ice cream. Kaity wasn't interested in the pizza and salad that was served earlier but gobbled up the cupcake. Zach sat at the dinning room table like a big boy eating his. Then I heard someone asked if there was a bug on Zach's back. Sally looked at me and started calling my name so I could come and save the day. Then all of a sudden Zach caught on that there was a bug on his back. He got up started screaming and running. It looked like he was going to his own version of the chicken dance the way he was flapping his arms and hopping around. The bug fell off his back and I was able to get it before it went back on him. Not sure what it was but it was some type of beetle I think.
I found out last night Kaity loves to watch the old television shows. She wouldn't sleep and was crying in her bed. I took her out and Sally told me to turn off the lights and to change the channel to 26. She sat there with me watching "Dick Van Dyke" (for those who don't know I love that show. I own all the episodes". Come to find out when she can't sleep at night Sally will lay on the couch with her and watch the old TV shows. I was told she loves "Mr Ed". After a couple of hours Sally will switch it to the news and Kaity will fall asleep then.
This weekend I have another list of things I should do. I need to get the car fixed. I think the thermostat is going out. Anyone wants to help me? I would like to help out the sisters on Saturday morning knowing they can always use my muscle. Maybe do something else with Zach before he goes back to school. I am also going to try to drop off my nephew Eli's birthday gift. His party was on Sunday. I had to work. Sally and the kids were going to go but Kaity was running a fever so they stayed home. There is still Zach's room that needs to be cleaned and Sally wants me to get the indoor Halloween decorations out of the attic. (Indoor decorations are on the bottom of my list since know one ever sees them and they are not spooky) Saturday evening we will take the kids to "TrunknTreat". A church by our our house does this every year. It's really nice for the kids. They have cars which have decorated trunks. Each car has a different theme. Many of the adults who have the decorated cars are dressed in costumes themselves. The kids go from car to car trick or treating. Hot dogs and drinks are served as well. Inside the building are games for the kids too.
I have mentioned before about Hope. She is the girl in Zach's school who was hit by a car a month ago. I am happy to report her condition has improved tremendously. Last week she was taken off all sedatives and the breathing tube was successfully removed. Yesterday, she started talking and was even answering math facts. Today she was walking in the hallway and climbing stairs. She will be moved to an inpatient rehabilitation center next week. The day she was hit it wasn't certain if she would make it through that night. Now, she is progressing quickly. The power of prayer, faith, and love does work miracles.
On a sad note I am asking for prayers for a Highland family who lost their son, J.J., today. He was in high school. He was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer a couple of years ago. He went into remission for a short time. His neighbors and his family would decorate their homes every Christmas. They called their street "Candy Lane" 2 years ago there was an article about it in the Times because that year they dedicated their street to J.J. There was a collection box at one of the displays to help his family with expenses. I took the family there one night. As I was putting money in the box I was thinking about how blessed I was with healthy kids even though they are brats at times.
The above was written on Tuesday night. I was to tired to proof read it (yes believe it or not I do proof read) and yesterday I was just to beat to even attempt.
It's time for me to call it a night. I have been needing more sleep then I use to. I will write this weekend. In the mean time take care and God Bless.
Like I mentioned earlier I had worked all weekend. On Friday I was off though. It was my niece Stephanie's 12th birthday party. I was not feeling well. I didn't sleep well the night before. The chemo pump was louder then usual. Sally said she was able to hear it in the bedroom and I was in the living room. Zachary fell asleep on our bed and we couldn't get him to move. I took the couch knowing I wouldn't be able to sleep very well how it was. Plus my wife has been sleeping on the couch a lot lately. I kept getting cramps in my hands and legs which didn't help either. When the kids woke up I went to bed and slept until 12:30. I still didn't feel well but I didn't want to miss Stephanie's party either. On the way there Sally could tell I was feeling worse. She asked if I had eaten anything that day and I said "no". I didn't eat because I was feeling nauseated. Sally stopped and picked up a candy bar and a drink for me. I did feel better. I enjoyed myself at the party except for the fact that Michael kept calling. No sooner we arrived Michael called Sally's cell phone saying he was really sick and was in a lot of pain. Not knowing what to do because we were 45 minutes away from home we called our next door neighbor to check on Michael. We were assured from them that Michael was going to live. Michael called what seemed like ever y 30 minutes until we got home. Stephanie had jumbo size gourmet cups cakes served with ice cream. Kaity wasn't interested in the pizza and salad that was served earlier but gobbled up the cupcake. Zach sat at the dinning room table like a big boy eating his. Then I heard someone asked if there was a bug on Zach's back. Sally looked at me and started calling my name so I could come and save the day. Then all of a sudden Zach caught on that there was a bug on his back. He got up started screaming and running. It looked like he was going to his own version of the chicken dance the way he was flapping his arms and hopping around. The bug fell off his back and I was able to get it before it went back on him. Not sure what it was but it was some type of beetle I think.
I found out last night Kaity loves to watch the old television shows. She wouldn't sleep and was crying in her bed. I took her out and Sally told me to turn off the lights and to change the channel to 26. She sat there with me watching "Dick Van Dyke" (for those who don't know I love that show. I own all the episodes". Come to find out when she can't sleep at night Sally will lay on the couch with her and watch the old TV shows. I was told she loves "Mr Ed". After a couple of hours Sally will switch it to the news and Kaity will fall asleep then.
This weekend I have another list of things I should do. I need to get the car fixed. I think the thermostat is going out. Anyone wants to help me? I would like to help out the sisters on Saturday morning knowing they can always use my muscle. Maybe do something else with Zach before he goes back to school. I am also going to try to drop off my nephew Eli's birthday gift. His party was on Sunday. I had to work. Sally and the kids were going to go but Kaity was running a fever so they stayed home. There is still Zach's room that needs to be cleaned and Sally wants me to get the indoor Halloween decorations out of the attic. (Indoor decorations are on the bottom of my list since know one ever sees them and they are not spooky) Saturday evening we will take the kids to "TrunknTreat". A church by our our house does this every year. It's really nice for the kids. They have cars which have decorated trunks. Each car has a different theme. Many of the adults who have the decorated cars are dressed in costumes themselves. The kids go from car to car trick or treating. Hot dogs and drinks are served as well. Inside the building are games for the kids too.
I have mentioned before about Hope. She is the girl in Zach's school who was hit by a car a month ago. I am happy to report her condition has improved tremendously. Last week she was taken off all sedatives and the breathing tube was successfully removed. Yesterday, she started talking and was even answering math facts. Today she was walking in the hallway and climbing stairs. She will be moved to an inpatient rehabilitation center next week. The day she was hit it wasn't certain if she would make it through that night. Now, she is progressing quickly. The power of prayer, faith, and love does work miracles.
On a sad note I am asking for prayers for a Highland family who lost their son, J.J., today. He was in high school. He was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer a couple of years ago. He went into remission for a short time. His neighbors and his family would decorate their homes every Christmas. They called their street "Candy Lane" 2 years ago there was an article about it in the Times because that year they dedicated their street to J.J. There was a collection box at one of the displays to help his family with expenses. I took the family there one night. As I was putting money in the box I was thinking about how blessed I was with healthy kids even though they are brats at times.
The above was written on Tuesday night. I was to tired to proof read it (yes believe it or not I do proof read) and yesterday I was just to beat to even attempt.
It's time for me to call it a night. I have been needing more sleep then I use to. I will write this weekend. In the mean time take care and God Bless.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Chemo today
Today I had chemo and for the most part I am doing pretty well considering. Nothing major is effecting me now, but it is early and the effects usually hit me later. I am having mild nausea and a slight headache right now. When we left it was drizzling and I didn't have my hood on cause I was hot. That was a mistake because the rain drops felt like little needles piercing through my flawless complexion. I almost immediately put my hood on. I say almost because I am a glutton for pain. Like when you do things you shouldn't do. For example play with a sore tooth, knowing it hurts but you still continue to play with it. Maybe you don't but that's the person I am. Even though I know I need to protect myself from a possible illness I still try to be a He Man and that can be a big mistake. I guess I am still adjusting to my life style change after about 7 months of the chemo and almost 9 months of dealing with the cancer. Plus 2 major surgeries, 2 colonoscopies, a biopsy and one minor surgery. I think its more than enough time to get my act together.
Sally started a ritual on chemo days. She goes to Munster Donut( The official Donut shop of Bill's Life) and gets a dozen donuts and brings them for all the patients. First she brings them to me to pick out what I want and then the other patients get what I left behind. After eating my plump donuts I got up and threw away my garbage. I didn't realize that I had about a pound of donut crumbs on my shirt. "Whoops" I said to myself as the crumbs started to gather on the ground. Immediately I looked at Sally and said " Sally, what did you do? As I stepped to the side and started to kick the crumbs her way. "Honey , I will clean that up for you.
Michael has been sick for the last couple of weeks. A couple of weeks ago he applied at Kohl's where my sister Lisa works. Lisa was told Michael can't work there because she is in management and it would be a conflict of interest. Before chemo Sally and I went out to lunch (another chemo ritual). Michael and with him not feeling well came up in our conversation. I mentioned that I was glad he didn't get hired at Kohl's with him being sick all the time. I was concerned if he did get a job there he would be taking a lot of time off making my sister look bad. No sooner then I mentioned that Michael called Sally again. I think it was the 3rd time with in an hour he had called. He told Sally that Kohl's had called him for an interview for tomorrow. He was really excited and happy. It would be his first interview ever. He posted on Face Book of his excitement and even asked his Aunt Lisa for interview tips. He was later called and told his interview has been canceled. He is not wanted there because of Aunt Lisa working there. So his excitement only lasted an hour or so. If that was a prank it would have ranked high on my list as one of the funnier ones. While I was receiving chemo and before the donut and coffee run, Sally went home to pick Michael up so he could see a doctor. Michael was complaining since last night of being really ill. After it was confirmed he had mono he acted like he felt much better.
I finished with my chemo before Michael was done with urgent care. Sally and I went to Target. It was wet outside, therefore my shoes were wet. I decided I haven't annoyed Sally yet today so I figured it was time. While we were walking I kept making my shoes squeak. I was waiting for Sally to turn around and give me that look while telling me "Stop it" and giving me a slap on my shoulder. Instead she ignored me. The more she ignored me the more I did it. Trying to get louder and louder. She still ignored me. Then I looked away and I saw other people giving me the "evil" eye. Didn't accomplish my goal of annoying my wife but I managed to annoy everyone around us instead. Mission semi-accomplished, when it comes to annoying people why just leave it in the family.
Sally started a ritual on chemo days. She goes to Munster Donut( The official Donut shop of Bill's Life) and gets a dozen donuts and brings them for all the patients. First she brings them to me to pick out what I want and then the other patients get what I left behind. After eating my plump donuts I got up and threw away my garbage. I didn't realize that I had about a pound of donut crumbs on my shirt. "Whoops" I said to myself as the crumbs started to gather on the ground. Immediately I looked at Sally and said " Sally, what did you do? As I stepped to the side and started to kick the crumbs her way. "Honey , I will clean that up for you.
Michael has been sick for the last couple of weeks. A couple of weeks ago he applied at Kohl's where my sister Lisa works. Lisa was told Michael can't work there because she is in management and it would be a conflict of interest. Before chemo Sally and I went out to lunch (another chemo ritual). Michael and with him not feeling well came up in our conversation. I mentioned that I was glad he didn't get hired at Kohl's with him being sick all the time. I was concerned if he did get a job there he would be taking a lot of time off making my sister look bad. No sooner then I mentioned that Michael called Sally again. I think it was the 3rd time with in an hour he had called. He told Sally that Kohl's had called him for an interview for tomorrow. He was really excited and happy. It would be his first interview ever. He posted on Face Book of his excitement and even asked his Aunt Lisa for interview tips. He was later called and told his interview has been canceled. He is not wanted there because of Aunt Lisa working there. So his excitement only lasted an hour or so. If that was a prank it would have ranked high on my list as one of the funnier ones. While I was receiving chemo and before the donut and coffee run, Sally went home to pick Michael up so he could see a doctor. Michael was complaining since last night of being really ill. After it was confirmed he had mono he acted like he felt much better.
I finished with my chemo before Michael was done with urgent care. Sally and I went to Target. It was wet outside, therefore my shoes were wet. I decided I haven't annoyed Sally yet today so I figured it was time. While we were walking I kept making my shoes squeak. I was waiting for Sally to turn around and give me that look while telling me "Stop it" and giving me a slap on my shoulder. Instead she ignored me. The more she ignored me the more I did it. Trying to get louder and louder. She still ignored me. Then I looked away and I saw other people giving me the "evil" eye. Didn't accomplish my goal of annoying my wife but I managed to annoy everyone around us instead. Mission semi-accomplished, when it comes to annoying people why just leave it in the family.
Thanks for visiting and God Bless.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
What a difference a week makes. I feel like a new person. Work was much easier on me this week. I wasn't as drained and tired. I still had some difficulties with food but I managed. I will be enjoying the next few days until Thursday. That is when I will have chemo again. It seems like as time goes on each chemo sessions gets harder then the last one for me. However, knowing there isn't to many left makes it easier to get through.
It has been an uneventful week with me working midnights this past week. Yesterday, I came home from work with no where to sleep in my bed. My bed was taken over by Zachary. So after my shower I went to sleep on the couch. Zach and Kaity woke up and turned on the TV. I was to tired to go in my bed so I laid on the couch. I was expecting to hear cartoons but what I was listening to instead was a info commercial. I managed to pry one eye open and I saw Zach and Kaity trying to work out to the info commercial for the Firm aerobic workout. I asked him what we was doing and he said he was exercising. He went up to me and said "Look I am skinny now". Then he went and switched the channel and started watching a cooking show.
After a few hours of sleep, I woke up and Sally was getting ready to run a few errands. I decided I go with her to spend some time with my lovely. The next thing I know all the kids were getting in the car even Michael. No sooner as we pulled out of the car I heard "I am hungry are we going to get something to eat?" Here I was thinking my kids wanted to spend time with their dear old dad and then I discovered it was food that played a role for the oldest one to go. Then I was thinking well the other 2 still love their dad. No sooner we got to the mall I discovered I was betrayed by my other son. His ulterior motive was to buy rocks with the money he had gotten from the tooth fairy. After that let down I comforted myself knowing that my baby girl wanted to go to spend time with her daddy. No sooner I realized she was just like the other 2. She wanted to go because she wanted a pair of pink fuzzy boot slippers. She knows that her daddy couldn't say no when looking at her big blue eyes and her little sad pout on her face after Sally said "No!". After the kids got what they wanted, they wanted to leave. No one wanted to walk around the mall with me. It was a sad drive home. I took the little traitors home and we got the 2 little ones in bed. Sally and I went to Stracks and Walgreens. When I came home I checked on them. Kaity was sound a sleep wearing her new slippers. Zachary was sleeping sitting up in his room. Sally and I have been on his case for him to clean his room. Sally even grounded him from playing outside until he picked up his room. Every time he is in his room "cleaning" it ends up messier. He has 2 bunk beds that are filled with clutter so he sleeps on his floor. He lost his "sleeping" section on the floor and had to resort to sleeping sitting up. I will have to cave in and clean his room again for him, Sally helps with the clothes part but because of her allergies she can't stay in his room very long.
This morning I went to mass with the kids. Sally went to her mom's to cook for her mom's 70th birthday party. Mary's birthday was October 2nd. Sally and her sisters and their families were able to get together today to celebrate their mom's birthday. Sally baked dinner rolls and made lemon rice soup and stuffed green pepper soup. Her sisters brought split pea soup, potato soup, tortellini soup, home made apple sauce, and a salad with Olive Garden dressing. The lunch was good but I had my heart set on the second course. We also celebrated Sally's nephew's 14th birthday as well. While they were singing "Happy Birthday" all I could think about was the two containers ice cream on the counter. Which one should I have Cookie Dough or Dulce Leche. Then what cake should I have with it. Atomic or chocolate? I almost broke out in a sweat trying to decide, I was so confused. I made the right choice. I finally decided on atomic cake with Dulce Leche ice cream. It was really good except I had to eat the ice cream really slow because of it being cold. As long as I eat it slow , I can tolerate the cold better.
Tomorrow I have off. Not sure what I will do. I want to start decorating the yard for Halloween. Zachary has been wanting me to have lunch with him at school. I want to go and have my pre- chemo blood work done but not sure if it would be to early. There is also Zach's room that needs to be cleaned so he can lay down and sleep. Sally wouldn't be herself without having her wish list as well. She wants me to fertilized the yard. She also mentioned that I should go to the Cancer Resource Center and check it out. She talked about getting pumpkins as well. So what will I do? I have decided not to plan anything and be spontaneous (which drives Sally nuts when I do this).
I am watching a good movie right now. It's called "Gifted Hands". So I am ending the blog so I can pay attention to the movie.
Take care and God Bless.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Crappy, Crappy, Crappy, Crappy
Did I mention crappy yet? That is how I have been feeling which is an under statement. I guess the longer I receive chemo the more my body stores it, which is why I am feeling like crap. I am still trying to get use to the 12 hour shifts as well. But I am surviving which is the important thing. Struggling but making it. I was off last night and go back to work Wednesday night. I have the weekend off and hopefully by then I will feel much better.
The entire family except for Kaity has been having colds since last week. I think I might be coming down with what they have as well. Lucky me. It's been over a week and Sally is still coughing away. Yesterday morning, she had a cough attack and pulled a muscle in her back while she was coughing. My little girl has been such a good girl. She has been climbing in and out of her crib so Sally doesn't have to lift her. When Sally is lying on the couch Kaity is on the couch with her. We really lucked out with her.
As I said earlier, I think some of my problem is going back to work on the 12 hour days 48 hour weeks. I really try to push myself to be productive. I know that I am not the same worker I was when I was first out of work back on Jan. 28th til now. I know obviously doing the chemo would tire me out, it's just that I didn't expect this much of a impact, when I was what I thought doing so well the last few weeks previously. I try to keep a lot of how I feel to myself. I know that that isn't very smart. Than I thought , I never claimed to be very smart. If I was smarter I wouldn't be in quite the situation I was in.(I had signs that I ignored) Getting back to me being back at work. I don't want to feel that I am a hindrance in my department. So I try hard to do things even when I feel like I am way to tired to move. Avery and my Co-workers all have been nothing but wonderful to me during my way back to work. They all have had a lot of patience with me, and I really appreciate that. Sometimes I feel the Black Dog of Melancholy, because I can't help but feel bad at the way things are now. I know it will take time but, as my family already knows I don't have much patience. I want results now!
I want to tell you all a few stories about when I was at the Missionary of Charities helping out one Saturday. I was asked to take some recyclables to the back. I went to the back and there was this gate that was locked and latched. I got it unlocked, now I was working on the latch for what seemed like a half hour or so. Then I got this brilliant idea. What would my seven year old son Zach do in this situation. Again I was trying to get this gate unlocked, after thinking what would Zach do. Then I realized the problem. Zach would plop his butt on the ground and start to play with his lego Star Wars. He takes them everywhere he goes. Then I came up with a brilliant plan part two, what would my 2 year old daughter Kaitlyn do. I knew right away that wouldn't work because all she would do is stand there and look cute. She would use her mental telepathy to have people do or get things for her. Like she did at my company picnic,when she stood at the ice cream table waiting for someone to give her ice cream without saying a word, and she got what she wanted. So I knew trying to do what she would do wouldn't help for obvious reasons, So I decided to rip the fence down instead. I really had to lift up on the gate to levitate the weight of the gate on the latch. It just took me long enough to figure it out.
While I was there I helped with serving of the food to the people. There was one lady who wouldn't come up to get any food. One of her friends had to come and get it for her. I was told that she had a major fear. A fear that I am afraid to mention. I really don't know if I can say it without screaming and pulling my lower lip over my head. I guess I will tell you, just don' say I didn't warn you. She has a fear of MICKY MOUSE! One of the volunteers was wearing a Micky Mouse shirt. I am not making light of her fear of Micky Mouse ,but it's Micky Mouse. I can see if it was Donald Duck,cause Donald Duck was a mean duck, always yelling at his nephews and just plan being a crabby patty. Micky Mouse is always happy and cheerful. I know it's a legitimate fear but its Micky Mouse. I really hope she gets help for her fear.
Thanks for visiting and God Bless. I will do the next blog probably Sunday.
The entire family except for Kaity has been having colds since last week. I think I might be coming down with what they have as well. Lucky me. It's been over a week and Sally is still coughing away. Yesterday morning, she had a cough attack and pulled a muscle in her back while she was coughing. My little girl has been such a good girl. She has been climbing in and out of her crib so Sally doesn't have to lift her. When Sally is lying on the couch Kaity is on the couch with her. We really lucked out with her.
As I said earlier, I think some of my problem is going back to work on the 12 hour days 48 hour weeks. I really try to push myself to be productive. I know that I am not the same worker I was when I was first out of work back on Jan. 28th til now. I know obviously doing the chemo would tire me out, it's just that I didn't expect this much of a impact, when I was what I thought doing so well the last few weeks previously. I try to keep a lot of how I feel to myself. I know that that isn't very smart. Than I thought , I never claimed to be very smart. If I was smarter I wouldn't be in quite the situation I was in.(I had signs that I ignored) Getting back to me being back at work. I don't want to feel that I am a hindrance in my department. So I try hard to do things even when I feel like I am way to tired to move. Avery and my Co-workers all have been nothing but wonderful to me during my way back to work. They all have had a lot of patience with me, and I really appreciate that. Sometimes I feel the Black Dog of Melancholy, because I can't help but feel bad at the way things are now. I know it will take time but, as my family already knows I don't have much patience. I want results now!
I want to tell you all a few stories about when I was at the Missionary of Charities helping out one Saturday. I was asked to take some recyclables to the back. I went to the back and there was this gate that was locked and latched. I got it unlocked, now I was working on the latch for what seemed like a half hour or so. Then I got this brilliant idea. What would my seven year old son Zach do in this situation. Again I was trying to get this gate unlocked, after thinking what would Zach do. Then I realized the problem. Zach would plop his butt on the ground and start to play with his lego Star Wars. He takes them everywhere he goes. Then I came up with a brilliant plan part two, what would my 2 year old daughter Kaitlyn do. I knew right away that wouldn't work because all she would do is stand there and look cute. She would use her mental telepathy to have people do or get things for her. Like she did at my company picnic,when she stood at the ice cream table waiting for someone to give her ice cream without saying a word, and she got what she wanted. So I knew trying to do what she would do wouldn't help for obvious reasons, So I decided to rip the fence down instead. I really had to lift up on the gate to levitate the weight of the gate on the latch. It just took me long enough to figure it out.
While I was there I helped with serving of the food to the people. There was one lady who wouldn't come up to get any food. One of her friends had to come and get it for her. I was told that she had a major fear. A fear that I am afraid to mention. I really don't know if I can say it without screaming and pulling my lower lip over my head. I guess I will tell you, just don' say I didn't warn you. She has a fear of MICKY MOUSE! One of the volunteers was wearing a Micky Mouse shirt. I am not making light of her fear of Micky Mouse ,but it's Micky Mouse. I can see if it was Donald Duck,cause Donald Duck was a mean duck, always yelling at his nephews and just plan being a crabby patty. Micky Mouse is always happy and cheerful. I know it's a legitimate fear but its Micky Mouse. I really hope she gets help for her fear.
Thanks for visiting and God Bless. I will do the next blog probably Sunday.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sally's Blog
This is Sally again. Bill wanted to write but he is really tired. It's been a long day for him. He woke up early this morning and made the 2 little ones breakfast. Zachary expressed yesterday he missed his dad and wanted to spend more time with him. So Bill promise he would eat breakfast with Zac in the morning. I wasn't feeling well so it was nice. I went back to bed. Bill tried to lay on the couch but Kaity has been missing her dadda as well and wanted to jump all over him.
Of course we are all relieved from the good news today. We will keep praying it will remain this way. Five more full chemo sessions left. It's nice to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. There will be another 6 treatments to follow but it should be much easier for him to handle, he won't have to come home with the pump anymore. Hoping until then the side effects of the chemo he can handle. It seems to be a little harder for him to handle. Plus he is still trying to get use to the 12 hour shifts. He is working tomorrow night through Sunday night. It will be harder for him because there is rule at work that is now being enforced. They were allowed to leave the premises for lunch. Because of an incident from a certain employee they will no longer be able to. It's crummy how one person ruined it for everyone. With chemo he has a hard time with food. What he might want a couple of hours ago, the the thought of it later on might make him feel ill. It wasn't so bad because he would be able to go and get something else to eat but now he can't. He won't be able to take medicine either if he isn't feeling well. With us just having one car, I might not be able to go for him either if he drives himself to work. Also, it was nice because once in a while the kids and I would meet him for lunch and now we can't.
After hearing the good news I left to get Michael and Zachary from school. On the way back I decided to celebrate by going to Munster Donuts and buying a box of donuts for Bill and the other chemo patients. I do not know why I didn't think of it earlier but I am going to do this every time. Often the patients are there for 4 plus hours. Many of them are by themselves. I know they might get hungry plus it's nice to have a little treat under crummy conditions.
Bill's favorite holiday is Halloween and the last couple of years he has been decorating the yard. Every year after Halloween we try to buy a little more to add on. Hopefully one year he can have a grand display. Bill is like a little kid when it comes to this. He is looking forward to next week when he has a couple of days off so he can start working on the yard.
Bill had mentioned a little girl, Hope, from Zac's school that was hit by a car. Her grandparents started a blog for those who are interested. She is still being sedated but hopefully by the middle of next week she will be able to wake up. The web site is carepages.com You have to register to use it. It's under HopesFirstCarePage
Bill said he will write a new blog Monday or Tuesday next week.
Hi, I am Bill Ceiga and I approve this blog.
Of course we are all relieved from the good news today. We will keep praying it will remain this way. Five more full chemo sessions left. It's nice to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. There will be another 6 treatments to follow but it should be much easier for him to handle, he won't have to come home with the pump anymore. Hoping until then the side effects of the chemo he can handle. It seems to be a little harder for him to handle. Plus he is still trying to get use to the 12 hour shifts. He is working tomorrow night through Sunday night. It will be harder for him because there is rule at work that is now being enforced. They were allowed to leave the premises for lunch. Because of an incident from a certain employee they will no longer be able to. It's crummy how one person ruined it for everyone. With chemo he has a hard time with food. What he might want a couple of hours ago, the the thought of it later on might make him feel ill. It wasn't so bad because he would be able to go and get something else to eat but now he can't. He won't be able to take medicine either if he isn't feeling well. With us just having one car, I might not be able to go for him either if he drives himself to work. Also, it was nice because once in a while the kids and I would meet him for lunch and now we can't.
After hearing the good news I left to get Michael and Zachary from school. On the way back I decided to celebrate by going to Munster Donuts and buying a box of donuts for Bill and the other chemo patients. I do not know why I didn't think of it earlier but I am going to do this every time. Often the patients are there for 4 plus hours. Many of them are by themselves. I know they might get hungry plus it's nice to have a little treat under crummy conditions.
Bill's favorite holiday is Halloween and the last couple of years he has been decorating the yard. Every year after Halloween we try to buy a little more to add on. Hopefully one year he can have a grand display. Bill is like a little kid when it comes to this. He is looking forward to next week when he has a couple of days off so he can start working on the yard.
Bill had mentioned a little girl, Hope, from Zac's school that was hit by a car. Her grandparents started a blog for those who are interested. She is still being sedated but hopefully by the middle of next week she will be able to wake up. The web site is carepages.com You have to register to use it. It's under HopesFirstCarePage
Bill said he will write a new blog Monday or Tuesday next week.
Hi, I am Bill Ceiga and I approve this blog.
Very Quick Message from Sally
Wanted to let everyone know they Bill's CT came on clean. No sign of cancer. Great news. Only 5 more chemo sessions left after today!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Watch out for Sally's weapon.
The last post is pictures from yesterday and today. Yesterday morning, I was feeling well and decided to help out the sisters at the Missions of Charity. They really did put me to work. I was the master speedy potato peeler, I was unstoppable. Then I help served the food at the soup kitchen. All the helpers left and the sisters were still finding me work to do. I was in the garden digging holes and putting the vegetable peelings in the ground. One sister asked me when I would be back.(under my breath I said never)What I really said was, I will try to go back the next Saturday I have off. I did enjoy being there. When I came home Sally wasn't feeling well. I decided to go to the Harvest craft fair at Central Park. Sally called me and told me to get home because the outlet mall she wanted to go to was going to close in 3 hours. So I zoomed home to please her. Her goal was to get Zach and Kaity some clothes for the fall. After the first store we went to I wanted to run to the car and fly home. Sally had me go in the dressing room with Zachary to try on pants. Zachary was acting goofy and poking around. Then Sally was complaining about the clothes for Kaity being ugly. Ok I am a guy, I do not really care about clothes. So she told me to go look for clothes for Kaity. Usually she does this and then puts back all the clothes I pick. I was on the other side of the store when I heard Kaity crying. Then I looked up and Sally was holding her, rubbing Kaity's head. I went over there and found out that Sally had accidentally hit Kaity in the head with her purse. So I picked Kaity up and rescued her from Sally's mean bag. This purse is huge, I think it was use to carry a bowling ball in at one time. Sally uses it as a diaper bag. As we went to other stores Sally was getting upset with me because she kept asking me what I liked. My kids look cute in anything. Honestly, I really don't care but being the caring husband I smiled and nodded. Then we went to the Pepperidge Farm store. That's my kind of store. I had no problem picking out what I wanted there. There was at one point on the shopping trip Sally tried hitting me with the purse but I was fast on my feet and moved away. She claims it's all accidents but I wonder. After shopping the kids were tired and hungry. We ended up going to Ihop. Sally got up with Kaity to use the washroom. When she got up her purse swung and nearly clocked me in the melon, but with my cat like reflexes I escaped unscathed Instead she hit two coffee containers off the table next to us. Who needs a weapon when she has her purse with her. Beware and stay away when you see her with it.
This morning we went to 9:30 mass. Then we were invited to a picnic at my friend Dan's church( The Harvest Church of Lowell). We went there and had a good time. Usually our kids are very shy and stay with us. However, immediately a boy named Keith went up to Zach and started talking to him. The next thing I knew Zach was outside with Keith. Kaity was watching all the girls play. They went to take a walk in the woods. One of the ladies invited Kaity to go with. Kaity grabbed her hand and walked away without looking back. We went to eat and yes Sally had her weapon with her. She was getting Kaity's food and I kept watching and waiting to see who Sally would knock over with it. Instead, Kaity's hot dog rolled off the plate and into the veggie tray. Nice job I thought to myself. Here we are meeting people we haven't met before and Sally decides to start a food fight. The food was excellent and the desserts were even better. Kaity found a friend. Her name is Azalea and she is 2 as well. Azalea grabbed Kaity's hand and they took off. hand in hand. It was really cute to watch. Later on, 2 huge bull snakes were found. The kids were amazed by the snake. On the way home Kaity was sad. I think she missed her new friend.
The church Dan belongs to is the Harvest Church. We had a very enjoyable time today. I was glad to finally meet Pastor Brian. He has commented on my blog and better yet he is a Cub's fan. I appreciate all the prayers that he and his church have said for me. Everyone was really friendly and really made me and my family feel at home. You can tell they are a very close knit group. I was afraid I would feel out of place but I didn't at all. Pastor Brian you should be very proud of what you have going at that church.
This morning we went to 9:30 mass. Then we were invited to a picnic at my friend Dan's church( The Harvest Church of Lowell). We went there and had a good time. Usually our kids are very shy and stay with us. However, immediately a boy named Keith went up to Zach and started talking to him. The next thing I knew Zach was outside with Keith. Kaity was watching all the girls play. They went to take a walk in the woods. One of the ladies invited Kaity to go with. Kaity grabbed her hand and walked away without looking back. We went to eat and yes Sally had her weapon with her. She was getting Kaity's food and I kept watching and waiting to see who Sally would knock over with it. Instead, Kaity's hot dog rolled off the plate and into the veggie tray. Nice job I thought to myself. Here we are meeting people we haven't met before and Sally decides to start a food fight. The food was excellent and the desserts were even better. Kaity found a friend. Her name is Azalea and she is 2 as well. Azalea grabbed Kaity's hand and they took off. hand in hand. It was really cute to watch. Later on, 2 huge bull snakes were found. The kids were amazed by the snake. On the way home Kaity was sad. I think she missed her new friend.
The church Dan belongs to is the Harvest Church. We had a very enjoyable time today. I was glad to finally meet Pastor Brian. He has commented on my blog and better yet he is a Cub's fan. I appreciate all the prayers that he and his church have said for me. Everyone was really friendly and really made me and my family feel at home. You can tell they are a very close knit group. I was afraid I would feel out of place but I didn't at all. Pastor Brian you should be very proud of what you have going at that church.
I really wanted to say how I really appreciate my big sister Dawn. She is the reason I am the wonderful, honest. good looking , athletic, hard working, funny, compassionate, God fearing, sensitive, family orientated,caring, kind, considerate, gentle, passionant, loyal, intriguing, unique, intelligent, articulate, bold, devoted, faithful, ravishing, interesting enjoyable, energetic and just an overall perfect human being. If it wasn't for you I would be just an average Joe. I really appreciate the hard work it took you to mold me. You are truly a special person to devote your time to me. You are truly one in a million. I am lucky to have you as my sister. I am sorry my traits haven't rubbed off on you. Don't give up I am sure you will be there some day I will keep praying until then. Ok Dawn is this good enough for you to be my sister again.
Thanks for visiting my Blog and God Bless.
Thanks for visiting my Blog and God Bless.
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