May 30, 2009

This week has been a stable week. No big changes. For that we are grateful. We have been able to catch our breath and re-group. Vangie got home late last night from Colorado. She is going to spend the summer with us. I am so grateful. She brought her boyfriend home with her for a few days. Actually he brought her. They met in Colorado. Our goal is to teach her to cook this summer! Ha!Jeff has felt really pretty good this week. We got the voice amplifier working better so that others can hear him when he speaks. We have been able to enjoy coffee together on the porch with the help of the ramp. It has been really warm here but the mornings are not too bad. He has not had any headaches as well. This week we turned in the remainder of his paperwork for FMLA leave from work so that he can retain his insurance. He was approved for that. We are waiting to hear about short term disability and the SSA office told us on Wednesday it would be three to four months before we would hear back from them about permanent disability and medicare. Nothing like a good bureaucracy in the middle of cancer. I have not contacted Hospice yet but that is on my agenda. Our God is so good to us! We have continued to get yummy meals and feel the prayers of our friends and family. We have seen Elizabeth's baby, Scarlet, continue to grow. She responds in the womb to the sound of her father, Josh, reading her a book. My hope is that as a family we respond to the voice of our Father despite the circumstances we are in. Thank you so much for your notes of encouragement. God has used you to really encourage Jeff. We bought him a laptop and he checks the messages several times a day.