He's talking easier

A friend just called and told me I hadn't blogged in two days--don't know where those days went. Guess that's a good reason for doing this journal on a regular basis. I forget way too easy! Let's see--doctor's appointment on Thursday. Chest xray showed no pneumonia--also showed us the feeding tube and the wire sutures they put in during Tom's open heart surgery 7 years ago. Makes for a very interesting xray! We're going to try cutting back a little bit on the blood pressure medication--Tom's pressure is now very low and it's making him a little more lathargic than we would like. This balancing of meds is quite tricky. I think we've got the anti-saliva med at a good dosage. Tom is talking much easier. That is a big praise.

Yesterday our grandson Maximus spent the day with us. He made us laugh with all his funny antics. He and his grandfather definitely have something in common--few words but great hand motions to communicate. He won't say the color "red" so yesterday we renamed it--it's "D".

Today we drove in to Seattle to see Kemp and Angie. Tom recently sold his stamp collection but gave the United Nations collection to Kemp. We packed up all the boxes and took them in today. Hopefully Kemp will enjoy them as much as his father has.

Tonight I am very tired. I wish I could take this away from Tom--it's hard to know there's no treatment. I remain firm, though, in being determined to do everything possible to make it as good for Tom as I possibly can. I know our children feel the same way.

I am so grateful for all those who are posting comments, writing emails and sending cards--they all are amazing blessings and touch me more than I can say. Life really is all about relationships---One friend who I see very seldom any more since we live in different states told me this this week--Be strong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or be weak. Both are okay. I know she knows what she's talking about--she lost her husband to leukemia a few years ago.