The first week of June was kind of a tough one. The morning Rick was scheduled to have
his chemotherapy treatment, he got a stomach virus. Tanner, Marcia and Maddie also got it. Rick was so sick, we weren’t sure
whether to go up to Huntsman or not.
We decided to head up there and when we got there and told them about
his night, they immediately started an IV with fluids and zofran for nausea. It really helped him start to feel
better. (In fact he got feeling
better than the others that were home.)
We were so thankful Rick didn’t get the fever that the others had. We went ahead with the chemotherapy treatment
that day as scheduled. Rick’s
sister Kristie joined us for our appointments and for infusion. We loved having her there. She is always so happy and positive!
On June 9th, Whitney and her family arrived from
Connecticut to live with us. There
have been so many blessings associated with their decision to move back
here. Bill was able to find a
great job at Ancestry.com, their house in Connecticut sold the weekend that
they moved here, and it has been such a blessing to know that they are here to
stay.
We continue to feel so much love and support from the
Carollo Engineers family. Here are
pictures we received from the Boise and Portland offices showing their love and
support for Rick and all of us. They
are being Strong Like Rick and socking it to cancer! The love and support continues to buoy up Rick and help him
in this fight!
This week marks the completion of round two, which is the
halfway point of the clinical trial and also means that this week has been
Rick’s week off from chemotherapy.
Having a week off is always a welcome recovery week.
On Wednesday afternoon, we decided to take a short fishing
trip to another great fishing spot.
Rick said to me, “I can either sit home and be sick or I can sit at a
fishing spot and be sick.” We met
a good friend, Phillip Solomon there.
He gave Rick a shirt from their recent power plant upgrade project. The shirt said, “Failure is not an
option” and Phillip said, “the slogan is also for your fight against
cancer.” We fished for two hours and
had great success! These moments
always help us get our minds off of cancer for a while and keep us
smiling!
“At times we may despair that our burdens are too
great. When it seems that a
tempest is raging in our lives, we may feel abandoned and cry out like the
disciples in the storm, ‘Master, carest thou not that we perish?” At such times we should remember His
reply: ‘Why are ye so fearful? How
is it that ye have no faith?’ The
healing power of the Lord, Jesus Christ – whether it removes our burdens or
strengthens us to endure and live with them like the Apostle Paul – is
available for every affliction in mortality.” -Dallin H. Oaks
This quote reminds us that things really are in the Lord’s
hands and what is required of us is to have faith in Him and in His healing
power.
Thanks to all of you for your love and prayers! We really feel it!
We are praying for you, Rick, in Connecticut. We love your daughter and treasure her as a friend. We will also miss her. Your name is on our lips for every prayer and we hope for a full recovery.
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We do love all of you and join our faith prayers and love for you!!
ReplyDeleteHooray for the DeGroot's arrival! And I love the "I can either sit home and be sick or I can sit at a fishing spot and be sick.” :) haha! Spoken like a true outdoorsman! Gotta love it! haha! Tillie just saw the last few pictures and said, "Whoa! Those are some big fish!" :) She's super impressed too. I'm just loving reading these updates. So much. Thank you for doing them!
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