Hi Everyone:
Well, Jim is doing well.
Life sure is funny. Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you.
Jim's stem cell transplant(SCT) will probably take place some time in early/mid February. He has a 50 percent chance of dying from the STC alone. If he survives that. He has about a 25 percent chance of living 2 years. Meanwhile it takes 1 to 2years to even bounce back from an allogenic SCT. So, statistically the future can look bleak if you want to look at statistics.
For the past 20 some months, life has been one harrowing situation after another. Prior to all of this, if we were laying in bed talking, we dreamed big...building a greenhouse, an addition to the cottage, being missionaries for God, joining the choir (Jim, not me.) Going out west. Snorkeling off Grand Cayman. Going to Israel with Kay Arthur.
Fast Forward those 20 harrowing months, and today, we find ourselves in the hospital. Jim has chemo dripping into his veins. His pain meds are being lowered, as the tumor burden is lessening. We laid on his twin bed, watching a movie, and playing a game on the computer, drinking a coke and eating pretzels, and man, you would have thought we were 2 young lovers on our honeymoon, having just won the lottery, with the sun shining on our faces. And that's exactly how we have been feeling lately. We've decided to dig in and scrape out what we can from whatever is dealt us, and it's amazing how little it can take to feel happy. But then NOTHING is little when it's done in the palms of God's hand. So. Now our big dreams are. Wow, Jim's not getting his STC for another month. That gives me a month of laying in bed with him sharing pretzels, getting all excited for him, if I hear his belly sounds cause then he'll go to the bathroom. LOL.
The little things have become so wonderful. And it's amazing that we can comfortably fit into a twin bed.
4 comments:
It's totally cool that you're able to feel this way. What a long road. Enjoy each other. I love you both. I'm praying. Be at peace.
Love,
Judi
This is so good to hear. I pray that God blesses you with a lifetime of these simple but precious times together.
all my love
Rach
Singing He's got the whole world in his hand he's got the whole wide world in his hand he's got the whole world in his hand he's got the whole world in his hand.
He's Dolly and Jimbo, in his hand he's got Sister and Jim in his hand he's got Gloria and James in his hand his got the whole world in his hand.
Ok no big secret I can't rhyme when making up songs. But the song came to me when reading your blog.
Pass the pretzels, who wants pizza?
Thank you one and all for your prayers and thoughts for my Sister and Jim. They are so very special to me and Mark.
God Bless Everyone
I love the pictures. Those lemons are ginormous. My miniature orange tree (16 yr. old) is loaded with just that -very miniature oranges. They are smaller this time than ever. Maybe your lemons sucked up their energy somehow. I need to prune after the bearing is done. I think the tree has just gotten too large-It's taking over our family room. It's lovely to see all of those pictures of you guys and your family just loving each other. Nice!!Really. MJB
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