Sunday, August 30th

(Here is a picture of us all at the beach. I finally figured out how to add it on!

Doesn't Steve look great??? Check out the picture at the bottom too!!)

Steve had an appointment with the speech therapist again this week. She has such high hopes, but some of them are not very realistic. Steve (being the humorous guy that he is) loves to give her a hard time. Evidently he had a lot of fun with her during this visit since I wasn't there to keep an eye on him :) !

While he was there she asked how he was doing. Steve told her about some pain he has been having in his jaw and mouth. She was concerned and said he needs to be seen as soon as possible. The problem is his doctor is out of town and our Sept 3rd appointment was rescheduled - to NOVEMBER! After about 8 phone calls I was able to get him a Sept 21st appointment. Can you believe that the speech pathologist talked to one person and Steve has an appointment on Sept 8th. Amazing! I'm thankful, but after all my hard work, why didn't they give ME that appointment????

So, Steve will go on Sept 3rd to have his CT Scan. Then on Sept 8th we will go to see Dr. Grist (the oncologist) and Dr. Roser (the oral surgeon). We are praying that the spot on the June CT Scan turns out to be nothing - maybe a shadow or something. Please pray with us that we will have good news to share!

In the meantime, Steve is doing pretty well. He has been able to do a little bit of work and has been completing some of his small projects around the house and in the yard. He cleaned out his closet (which had crept up to the attic too - he never gets rid of anything!). He had soooo many clothes to get rid of that don't fit anymore. Some of them he has owned since before we got married!!

Have a great week and find time to relax and enjoy life this Labor Day weekend! Remember: God is good ... all the time!

August 17th

Well, it has been awhile since I have written! I guess no news is good news. We have been just trucking along here. School started last week so we are all trying to get back into the swing of schedules, homework, bedtimes, etc. We sure did miss spending most of our days together!

Steve has been doing pretty well. He still gets the shakes as well as the dizzy spells. He has good days and bad. He had an appointment last week with the speech pathologist. She did a swallowing test on him. It seems he does have a few spots where things get stuck in his throat and need some extra help being pushed through. The main problem is Steve cannot manipulate anything to get it to the back of his throat. He will continue his exercises and go back to see her in 2 weeks.

Meanwhile, our appointment with Dr. Grist (the oncologist) has been put off. He is out of town the week we were scheduled to get the new CT Scan and see him. So I am working on rescheduling that.

Hard to believe it has been 6 months since Steve's surgery. Sometimes that feels like so long ago. Other times it feels like yesterday. When I look back at the pictures I realize how far he has come. When I look at Steve, I realize we still have a good way to go too. It's an odd feeling. We try not to dwell or even think about what could happen in the future. No one every really knows what the future holds - do they? We just work with the day we have been given, making a few plans here and there for the week and/or weekend ahead. It keeps us focused on each other more, and helps us take advantage of the time we have for now.

Well, I've got to get to work. Remember - God is good...All the time!

Nothing New

I apologize for not posting anything lately. We have not really had any news. Steve is recovering nicely - feeling a little better each day. He is back to pushing himself physically by working outside. He is really enjoying practicing his guitar. (Did I tell you he is the base guitar player in the praise band at church now - full time!) I have started back to work this week and the girls will start back to school on Monday. We are not really looking forward to the stringent schedules, stress and exhaustion, but time goes on. We will make the most of each day and try to see the glass as half full : )

I'm praying that Steve continues to feel better and that his upcoming CT-Scan will give us good news.