It's a New Year and life is good! We are getting organized and healthy, so we can have fun this year! I am not one to make real specific resolutions, but those are two things I want our family to focus on this year. With all that has happened this year, life has felt a little out of control and crazy, so these are two things we can control. Rather than focusing on what we can't control we chose to focus on what we can. This journey of optimism is a new one for me. The
road less traveled so to speak and I hope it "
has made all the difference." -Robert Frost I am paving a new road this year and taking the "road less traveled"!!! I love this picture below of Dave, the kids, Bryan and Emily. So bright and optimistic.
On that note, here is the latest with my hubby. Dave is the most optimistic person I know. Dave's sister's nurse told her that the people with chronic illness that get well are most often optimistic. Even in the midst of hardship, he has been optimistic and his faith has been strong. This last week his platelet count was at 108,000, which is almost normal(150-400,000). They think that because Dave has a viral infection for about a month his counts remained low while he finished the last rounds of Chemo. This week we also started seeing a
Dr. Gruenn. We hope that he can help us look for more of the cause for the ITP. He works with nutrition and detoxification of the body to promote self healing. He looks at the patient individually and will be doing some extensive test on Dave on Jan. 31st. He will do toxicity test, look at nutritional and food sensitivities, Vitamin D test, among other things. We were referred to him through someone at Dave's company. He seems very knowledgable and said that a lot of immune disorders start in the gut. Dave's feels great! He has been playing ultimate frisbee and working harder than ever. Small victory and we continue to pray for victory over ITP!!
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| At the Huntington library on an afternoon walk |
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| When life was crazy I put up Christmas lights because I believe Christ can shine light in the darkness! He did! Check out this photo of our California Christmas lights, sunset and all! Someone told me that traditions bring stability! I don't know why, but putting up white lights is a tradition in my family and it helped me feel stable! This photo was right before I took them down:( |
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| Angela is in a big girl bed! She started crawling out, so we took the side off and she loves it! She stays in it and we feel it is much safer! |
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| The blanket Aunt Lindsay made her for Christmas with her name on it and the peacock Auntie Ally found for her! |
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| Mrs. Matilda Jane! |
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| Dinner is not as exciting these days but it makes us feel better! Thought I was healthy until I watched the movie Foodmatters on Netflix. Crazy! |
We've been spending a lot of time at the park recently!
Went to the Rose parade on New Years Day with our friends, Debbie, Jonathan and Katelynn.
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| Ty's favorite toy! He builds all sorts of things with these Magna tiles! |
Ty's first soccer game
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| Ty outgrew his 12 inch bike, so we went and found him a new/used one. It's a 16inch Trek! He rides it everyday. |
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| Ty's preschool class. |
1 comment:
Healthy and organized--those sound like great goals! Always thinking of Dave and glad to know he is feeling great and staying positive--I am sure a large majority of that deserves a thanks to YOU :)
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