Sorry it has been so long since I posted. I thought of naming this entry "Boring" because that is what it has been around here since I have been relieved of my main purpose in life right now....killing Murphy. Going to have to rename this entire Blog "Feeding Murphy". I truly hope this doesn't distress some of you, but we are just very open and up front in this house. Walt is very happy with his decision to just do what makes him happy. Happy right now is not thinking about anything except what his next meal will be. Since food has been such a major part of our life that makes sense to me. What is hard for me is that with all of the research I did in order to fight this illness I have learned a lot about the food we eat. Walt wants to eat all of the really bad stuff. Oh well.
He has gained a lot of his strength back. Not wobbling all over the place and is able to stay awake longer in the day. He has had some really good days. We went to Medford (for toilet paper at Costco AND food) and he was able to walk the store! Amanda and the boys went with us. We went to Walt's favorite restaurant Hometown Buffet. We both get great joy watching our grandchildren discover new things in life. This is now Thomas' favorite restaurant. He told his dad that we went to the "stand up" restaurant. He got to eat all of the clam chowder he wanted, had a slushy and an ice cream cone. Gavin tasted Grumpy's mac n cheese and decided he needed a plate of his own. Walt went out to breakfast with his friend Bob the next morning and the best thing of all is that we spent the entire day at our Circuit Assembly yesterday. We plan on being there today, also. A very fond memory is that of going to the 3 sometimes 4 day conventions with good friends when we first started studying the bible with Jehovah's Witnesses. There would be big groups of friends all sitting together (at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego). Auntie Sharon always brought a big bag of mixed candy that we passed around. Yesterday, Walt was trying to relive that memory. He kept pulling candy out of his bag.
Funny story: At the meeting last Sunday Walt was telling people who wanted to visit that there was a cover charge. Monday friends Whitney, Aaron, Brent and Amy came with, you guessed it....a chocolate shake. We called Robin and Andy to join us. We ate a plate of cookies and chicken pot pie (in that order) while Walt ate his shake. We were all in "comfort food heaven".
We have had so many friends pop in to visit. This is good for Walt, but it has always been my dream to be the place that people feel welcome and want to come. Friends have shared their gardens with us and mopped my floors (thanks wonder woman, Sharon) and helped in so many ways. Our far away family is keeping in touch with phone calls and cards and it all makes such a difference in how you get through each day.
Wish this was all good news, but we are dealing with terminal cancer here. Walt has requested (and received) many different foods that he has been craving. He ate homemade chocolate pudding with fresh whipped cream until it was coming out of his ears. He got his hot wings and pork chops. The bad news is that it doesn't all go down so easy. He suffers a terrible pain when trying to swallow at the beginning of each meal. Some things just won't go down. He wanted meatloaf, but it makes him feel sick. Last night I made him a favorite, beef and noodles. That came back up before it ever went down. I put a corned beef (thanks Amanda) in the crock pot last night and its ready this morning cause he wants hash for breakfast. I don't mind making all of the things he's craving, except that when he can't eat them guess who does! I'm going to gain back all that I lost while doing the cancer diet with him.
So, we are just doing life each day and praying for the best. So far Jehovah has blessed our efforts and my Walt is as happy as he can be under these circumstances. Today my father and step mother are arriving from Camarillo, Ca on the train for a short visit. They love Walt very much and are showing it with this trip. My dad just turned 87! Wish we all had the circumstance to do what we'd like to, but again, just know that all of our friends and family are doing what we need most right now. Please, keep us in your prayers. We don't need much..........just the strength to get through. Your are all in my prayers, too.
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