Groundhog Day

From what I understand both Wiarton Willy and Punxsutawney Phil saw their shadows today and predicted 6 more weeks of winter. Drag. It's been a pretty mild winter, but we could sure use some spring right about now.

Our plans are still a go for tomorrow. Dave will have his blood tests and chemo bottle change tomorrow morning, and then we'll head out tomorrow after lunch. Dave really isn't feeling well lately so we're hoping he endures the 4+ hour drive without too many problems. For those of you that are just tuning in, we're heading to the Creative Health Institute in Michigan. (www.creativehealthinstitute.com) We'll stay there for a week and they'll start Dave on a cancer-fighting diet. They'll also educate & train us how to carry on with it when we're home. They would like us to stay for 2 weeks but unfortunately 6 days is all we can do right now with Dave's chemo schedule. We feel the sooner we can start the better, and 6 days is better than nothing right now.

Cale is at home and we have a few different friends that have generously offered to take turns taking in Brady, which is awesome! (Thank you so much you guys! We really appreciate it. We're happy that he doesn't need to be kenneled and can hang out with his buddies Sky, Beau, & Bear!) We're hoping for a good travel day and an easy trip across the border. We really hope Dave starts feeling better. He is nauseous a lot, and just feels like he's going to be sick constantly. He's really lost his appetite. He's still eating but kind of against his will. (He's doing it because he knows he has to, not because he's hungry.) He started using his feeding tube again today for supplemental nutrition. (Unfortunately even the smell of that makes him feel sick.) He ate dinner, but said it tasted metallic. I read that using plastic cutlery can help with that, so we'll be trying that next. I feel so bad for him as he obviously just feels awful.

He still feels well enough to check out hockey games. (On tv - he's avoiding arena's anymore.) Dave's main concern about going to Michigan is ensuring that he'll still get to watch the superbowl on Sunday afternoon!

 I've had to promise that someway, somehow, we'll find a tv! (It's the states - it has to be on everywhere!)

Anyway, I have to pack so it's another short post today. I'm not sure about internet access there, so don't panic if you don't see a post while we're gone! FYI. We can both receive unlimited text messages in the States, and I added a temporary add-on to Dave's cellphone so he can send 1000 text messages from the States. So for those of you that text - feel free to send messages, and we'll probably respond in the evenings. (They said they get decent cell service there, so hopefully that's the case.)

Thanks for checking in, and please pray for Dave's strength to be renewed and that he just feels better.

Dave would like to encourage people to leave comments. We know that lots of people are checking in and it's just so nice to read your comments!

Val