The days have been so very full. Yesterday was Mom Hazelle’s memorial service at Prince of Peace Lutheran in SeaTac. It was a celebration of a life well lived in service to others. Diane and Andrew even sang a duet! It was a tremendous blessing. There were at least 25 people at our home afterward and that too was a blessing. How can we thank all the Grace people for their help in providing food. All the sandwich makings were eaten up last night!
There were so many stories told, but one that was told during the reception I need to pass on. A little over four years ago, Hazelle came to Mexico while we lived in Mazatlan. It was the wedding of Peter and Paulie and for part of the time she stayed at a beautiful bed and breakfast with all of Peter and Paulie’s young friends. Hazelle was the roommate of a thirty-something year old Aggie. One morning Aggie woke up and there was Hazelle on the floor. Aggie was afraid that Hazelle was dead! No, she was not dead; she was doing her daily full-body push-ups, ten of them. Hazelle was ninety-three years old at the time!
On to more serious things: Today Andrew, Diane and I met with Diane’s radiation doctor, Dr. Xu. For Diane, everything is going perfect, but the entire family is super concerned about the fact that Diane has been living on a hyper-manic state for approaching a week. She has super-human energy, not getting very much sleep at night and in the mean time she is not giving her body rest at all. On top of all that, she is wearing the rest of us out! Dr. Xu is also concerned so she is further decreasing the steroids that she is taking. Hopefully that will begin to make a difference.
Today was the first day for Diane’s oral chemo medication. No going to the hospital everyday. Just a pill at home! How easy can that be! Well, time will tell???
By the way, anyone want handfuls of beautiful grey hair? Diane is depositing them everywhere she goes. Yes, her hair is now falling out. How is she taking it? Like everything else, totally in stride!! She is thankful that she has so much hair to give away and who knows, maybe it will come back RED AND CURLY!?