Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Carli set up a wedding site:
mywedding.com/carliandjeremy
It is fun, tells their story, etc. It is fun doing the wedding planning...we now have a caterer, but no florist yet. Have some ideas in mind...if anyone has suggestions, please let us know!
Carli and I had dinner together Friday night. She mentioned that she is doing a research paper on the Epstein Barr virus and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She said that she didn't realize until doing this research how serious her diagnosis was/is. Her staging (IIIB) was very life-threatening and she didn't really realize it! She said that it was probably good that she didn't realize it, because then she would have been even more stressed out! (duh...I just wish I would have been like that...would've saved lots of gained pounds and sleepless nights). She also didn't really realize the toll that chemo takes on your body...her chances of heart attack and respiratory problems are much greater now. She also mentioned that her chances of getting leukemia in the near future are high...that is one that I don't think that I knew, and might have been better off not knowing! She remembered that her chances of getting pregnant might be affected as will going into early menopause.
How do you handle this at age 22?? I am at the same age as my mom when she was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer...and I don't know how she handled that so well, either. Many tears shed in private for both of them, I am sure. Carli stays so upbeat and positive, but I could hear the fear in her words. "Cure" does not mean all certainly be well. Keep praying for her and Jeremy, especially as they are trying to plan where they will be in the future...depends on getting into PT school...
Tara interviews this week for specific positions at the James Cancer Center at OSU. God placed her there in the first place, so I am sure that He has big plans in store for her!
Kelsie is coming home for a few short hours to go try on bridesmaids dresses..Fun!!
mywedding.com/carliandjeremy
It is fun, tells their story, etc. It is fun doing the wedding planning...we now have a caterer, but no florist yet. Have some ideas in mind...if anyone has suggestions, please let us know!
Carli and I had dinner together Friday night. She mentioned that she is doing a research paper on the Epstein Barr virus and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She said that she didn't realize until doing this research how serious her diagnosis was/is. Her staging (IIIB) was very life-threatening and she didn't really realize it! She said that it was probably good that she didn't realize it, because then she would have been even more stressed out! (duh...I just wish I would have been like that...would've saved lots of gained pounds and sleepless nights). She also didn't really realize the toll that chemo takes on your body...her chances of heart attack and respiratory problems are much greater now. She also mentioned that her chances of getting leukemia in the near future are high...that is one that I don't think that I knew, and might have been better off not knowing! She remembered that her chances of getting pregnant might be affected as will going into early menopause.
How do you handle this at age 22?? I am at the same age as my mom when she was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer...and I don't know how she handled that so well, either. Many tears shed in private for both of them, I am sure. Carli stays so upbeat and positive, but I could hear the fear in her words. "Cure" does not mean all certainly be well. Keep praying for her and Jeremy, especially as they are trying to plan where they will be in the future...depends on getting into PT school...
Tara interviews this week for specific positions at the James Cancer Center at OSU. God placed her there in the first place, so I am sure that He has big plans in store for her!
Kelsie is coming home for a few short hours to go try on bridesmaids dresses..Fun!!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
It is so much more fun to post things when it is good news! Carli found out this week that Grove City will give her a "W" for withdrawn instead of the "F" that was on her transcript. She withdrew from her chemistry class in the spring of '07 after the withdrawal date...and the other classes let her make things up but she couldn't with labs/chemisty, so they were going to give her an "F". She fought this fight by herself, Ted and I didn't go to GCC this summer and complain...so I am proud that she stuck to her guns and got the decision reversed! Now her GPA looks much better for applying to PT schools. I am so thankful that GCC looked at the individual case, instead of just following policy.
She is trying hard to make her essays and cover letters look good without overplaying the "cancer card". She really wants to get in a good program...keep praying for her!
The wedding plans are moving along...still have to find a caterer and florist. The date is August 1. It is fun to plan and see what she and Jeremy are planning. Looks like a good time. I wish that we could invite the world! It will be such a celebration!
Also pray for Todd and Tara...am not sure if all of this financial turmoil will effect Todd and his job at Merrill Lynch. He hasn't said anything yet, and Tara said that he doesn't seem stressed...so maybe things will be OK. Tara is loving her rotations at the James Cancer Center, and will have to bid on which position she wants next week. She has seen some amazing things...many hurting and disfigured people, but she is really feeling like she made the right choice by working there.
Kelsie is loving her business courses...don't know whose child she is :)
She is trying hard to make her essays and cover letters look good without overplaying the "cancer card". She really wants to get in a good program...keep praying for her!
The wedding plans are moving along...still have to find a caterer and florist. The date is August 1. It is fun to plan and see what she and Jeremy are planning. Looks like a good time. I wish that we could invite the world! It will be such a celebration!
Also pray for Todd and Tara...am not sure if all of this financial turmoil will effect Todd and his job at Merrill Lynch. He hasn't said anything yet, and Tara said that he doesn't seem stressed...so maybe things will be OK. Tara is loving her rotations at the James Cancer Center, and will have to bid on which position she wants next week. She has seen some amazing things...many hurting and disfigured people, but she is really feeling like she made the right choice by working there.
Kelsie is loving her business courses...don't know whose child she is :)
Monday, September 1, 2008
After 2 days of looking, trying on what seemed like hundreds of dresses...Carli found a dress!!! It is very beatiful and very Carli. It will be fun to plan this wedding...here we go again!! Ted was right when the first words out of his mouth when Kelsie was born were ... "three weddings...."
Now the fun will be to find bridesmaids dresses to fit a variety of girls.
This really was a great weekend with everyone home...the empty nesters still like to have the kids around.
Now the fun will be to find bridesmaids dresses to fit a variety of girls.
This really was a great weekend with everyone home...the empty nesters still like to have the kids around.
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