April 20, 2017

Greetings My Friend, I don't know how I got myself off track but I did, today was mammogram day and somehow I wound up being an hour off on my timing. I was blessed because I was taken in when I did show up and by the time I got home I had a message on my machine that it looked good. That is done for another year and it is now 12 years cancer free a relief, these days I don't over worry it as I did right after I had cancer. Next was blood work although the lab was closed and we did not have time to go the hospital so we headed to Lowe's to pick up paint for the floor of the deck where the fire pit is then it was time to take Daisy and Phineas to the vet. That was a long wait because the Vet was busy. Phineas has hookworm so he got medication, Daisy's eyes are not doing well so she now has an ointment and eye drops, she has pressure in her eye. With each visit to the vet the kids have had ringworm and we have been medicating them, they still keep passing it between them. We then stopped by Food City for bananas and magnesium citrate oral solution for my issue I have. Finally it was time to head home and it felt good to be greeted by the rest of the gang. We found a Fed EX package tied to our gate on the porch inside was the paperwork for the sale of our house in Michigan. With the signing of the paperwork we will no longer own the house in Michigan. Today we realized we have enough fur children we need to take one child to the vet around once a month. Daisy has been going for 3 or 4 months now due to her eyes and at 9 years old she is considered a senior dog. As a senior dog she will continue to have problems that need to be dealt with. I am thankful we can take good care of our fur children, God has blessed us with the income to do so. These babies also help Junior and I have something to focus on. At our Easter gathering I had Daisy in my arms carrying her about as I moved around, she helps me keep my balance and she soaks up the attention as I hold her and pet on her. I also tend to Daisy's needs such as medicating her eyes or bathing her which makes me stay focused on being involved with day to day life. Now that I am better than I was a few years ago when all I could do was sleep I also am able to keep the house clean and prepare meals for us to eat. I am grateful God kept pointing me to focusing on things so that I can be where I am today. I have learned how to get do these things again and enjoy them. I know as my disease progress' I will once again not be able to take care of my personal needs or the needs of my little family, for now though I enjoy the opportunity to help Junior by making our home comfortable when he done working each day. By doing these things I am active as well which is good for Parkinson's patients, the more I am physically active the longer it will be before I enter the next phase of this disease. We had our Easter gathering this past Sunday and it felt great to once again have a crowd. We all have our physical challenges so we made the day a potluck day, we also had containers for each of us to take home left overs in. My mother in law always passed out leftovers after family meals so I was thrilled to do this with our friends. We get to eat and remember the fun we had Easter which warms my heart. In all of this I sense that God has created us to take care of each other and frankly it feels nice to do so. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet