March 17, 2019

This week has been a long one. Ron is beyond exhausted (we call it busausted), though he did manage to maintain his weight again.

We made the tough decision to put our old girl Patchyface down on Tuesday. She's been with us 17 years and is not doing well. The girls came down for a farewell visit this weekend. The weather is really nice and they broke in the new hammock this afternoon.

March 10th

This week we passed the halfway point in Ron's chemo/radiation treatments. YAY! He also managed to maintain his weight this time, but his energy level is very low. I on the other hand, seem to be making up for his weight loss with the stress eating l am doing. I was concerned about eating in front of him, but his favorite pastimes remain watching cooking shows and reading his barbecue cookbook. He says he's getting ideas for when he can eat again.

Fortunately, Isis' ear infection has cleared up though she still has a bit of age related vertigo. She gets a gravol before car rides now. She and Aurora both race to the door if they think we're heading for the car now. I think they will be very happy once we can stay home and hang out with them again.

Ron's sister and brother in law came up for a couple of days, and Kaili came down for the weekend. This weekend was also our stake conference and we were blessed to be able to watch it from home. It will be nice when we can get to church in person again- not sure when that will be at this point.

March 2, 2019

We are approximately 1/3 of the way through the chemo/radiation part of this journey! We have been very fortunate with all of the support we receive from our family and friends. I believe the prayers on our behalf have made all the difference.  Ron is really feeling not too bad.  We are both tired from the travel, but we get to sleep in our home every night- the pets appreciate this fact as well.  He has been able to get a few Wendy's Frostys down his gullet this week. Good news- he only lost 1/10th of a lb this time.  It feels like a victory to finally be able hold his weight steady.  Maybe we can keep his weight stabilized for awhile.

Apparently Isis has been feeling left out, so she developed an ear infection complete with throwing up and vertigo last week.  She just finished a course of antibiotics and has been getting the occasional Gravol (Dramamine in the States). We will have to fit a follow up Vet visit around Ron's appointments next week.

One morning this week we got to see a new "quick response" oil recovery boat being delivered to Nanaimo Harbor. We spotted 4 of them at the dock on the way home yesterday, they are real pretty, but I hope they never need to be used.