Last week was busy. We had a great time on the coast. Windy, foggy and cold, but it wasn't home and we got to eat some good food and have a great time with the kids.
Since arriving home we have been working on the new protocol for Walt. We spent time attacking Murphy, but when Walt kept losing weight I checked with the cancer researcher we have been working with and he said it was because we needed to work on building up his good cells. He said many people die of cancer cancer free because the cancer has depleted the nutrients in the cells that don't have cancer. So, Walt is on the Cellect/Budwig protocol. It consists of a lot of juicing (carrots, green apples and a green drink) and a lot of flax seed oil. It's work and not all of it tastes good, but I just keep reminding him that it's not chemo and he won't lose his hair.
We made it to our meeting Sunday morning. Walt and Gavin slept through half of it. We had a very good speaker and the Watchtower lesson was so good, but when you are almost 73 and sick or 2 years old and its nap time, it must not matter where you are, you just sleep.
We have called in Hospice. Now, no one panic. To most people Hospice means "end of life". That is not always the case and you can even "graduate" from Hospice. Of course, when the doctor tells you that you should call in Hospice then you know that it is serious. We are just trying to be prepared. We met with our contact person, Bonnie, Monday morning. Today Bonnie came back to get all of the paperwork signed and our nurse, Cindy and our social worker came. We don't have a great need right now, but Walt has been experiencing some increased pain so we want to stay on top of everything. Also, because of where the tumor is (at the opening to his stomach) it could take a turn for the worst very quickly. With Hospice we have 24/7 access to our doctor. He would even come to the house if Walt couldn't make it to the office (do you believe it? I thought "house calls" were a thing of the past). Anything we might need they can get for us. They are very kind and caring wanting to do anything to make Walt (and me) as comfortable as possible. He honed in right away to the fact that he can get massage therapy right here at home. Good thing for him cause I'm not good in that department. The really amazing thing is that they are all on board with our use of natural medicine rather than conventional. I have even been able to educate them about some of the things that I have learned in my research. Walt is loving all of the attention.
We are using some essential oils in our treatment (thanks, Thora). They really do work as far as having some calming effects. Good for sleep. The doctor wanted Walt to have an electric chair because he is getting a little unsteady on his feet. He has fallen a couple of times. The Hoveround has been here a couple of days and Walt is as crazy a driver in that as he is a car. (Just my opinion). I'm sure he will get better with practice. Got to get a ramp for the van.
That's enough for now. We are so grateful for the prayers and concerns. Guess it's not easy to make a comment here (got your card Joyce) and we understand that because it's only the really savvy computer people who have figured it out so not to worry. We are very happy that you care enough to read this. Love you all.
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