Going on a Mini-Holiday!!

It’s a beautiful sunny winter day here in White Rock, and Bob and I are getting ready to drive into downtown Vancouver for the weekend!! We’ve been invited to a banquet there tomorrow evening at a classy hotel that happens to be right across the street from the WorldMark complex (a Time Share). A couple of weeks ago we decided to see if there might be any availability to stay overnight tomorrow night since it’s always a very late evening and finding parking is always a challenge.

Amazingly we were able to book ourselves in for both tonight and Saturday night. SO . . . we’ll be having a mini-holiday!! These are the kinds of vacations that Bob and I will have together now that he really can’t travel. Even going to Regina for Christmas has proved to be a challenge because the hospital there won’t be able to give him access to dialysis!!! This was a big disappointment when we got the word on Wednesday, but we’ve made an adjustment to our plans and he will still be able to go, although he can only be gone for four days instead of eight. Bob’s nephrologist has given him clearance to miss one dialysis treatment, giving him a four-day window. We were able to change his flights at quite an additional expense, but we’re thrilled that he’ll still be able to go!!

On Wednesday BOB finally had the surgery to insert a “graft” in his left arm that will be a more permanent vascular access for dialysis. He came through the procedure well and we were able to even drive up to North Vancouver for dinner with some friends that evening. He’s nursing his left arm quite a bit and taking Tylenol 3s, hoping that his arm will be well enough to play the piano for a Carol Sing at our church on Sunday night!!!

And here’s the latest on KIM. She saw her oncologist on Tuesday and will begin chemo within a week or two. She’ll have chemo once every three weeks for the next six months. It isn’t a lovely prospect, but we’re all so grateful that her prognosis is very good, especially since there weren’t any cancer cells in the lymph nodes that were removed. She and Tim will be hosting Christmas this year so we will all be helping as much as we can and also pray that nobody will be sick and pass any germs around.

JIM continues to recover from his surgery and is adjusting to eating very small meals and trying to keep his weight up. He fills up very quickly and doesn’t have much of an appetite, so this is a challenge. He and Kim will see his oncologist next week and will find out what kind of treatment will be followed.

THANKS again for your love, support, and prayers. God is so wonderfully providing all that we need and giving us much joy and peace on the journey. It’s so comforting to know that He loves us so much and is in control and He’s working out His good purposes in ways we could never have imagined!!