Saturday, September 27, 2008

We're rejoicing today! After only 2 days of taking the chemo, Phil is much better. His speech has improved, (still not great, but better), he's more alert, and moving better. He used his right hand this morning to turn the right wheel of his wheel chair about an inch. Sounds like little, but it's great strides for us. I asked him if he was ready to go shopping with me and he actually agreed he was ready. Of course that will change if I actually start getting ready to go, but we may try a little trip to Lowe's later which is one place he enjoys. My song today is - (and the words are probably not all right, but I sing it the way I want to):

Ah, Lord God, Thou has made the heavens and the earth by thy great power,
Ah, Lord God, Thou has made the heavens and the earth by thy mighty power.
Nothing is too difficult for Thee!
Nothing is too difficult for Thee!
Great and Mighty God, great in battle and mighty in peace,
Nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing,
Nothing is too difficult for Thee!

Now, if we could just sing it all together, what a noise that would make! Thank you for loving us.

3 comments:

Dannie Watson said...

Dear Butch & Darlene,

So glad that Butch is making such good and forward strides now that he is home and taking chemo and good results with the steroids. We have to be thankful for the smallest things when things have been so bad. Linda Perryman is up here in MI painting my kitchen, I'm such a klutz at it, she felt sorry for me. She sends her love to you both and has been keeping up with Butch's health. Sure hope Butch is able to go to Lowes. I'm sure it will do him good to get out somewhere like that.

Hugs, Dannie

Rich Guye said...

glad to hear things are picking up some but we knew they would didn't we? i always think "all things are possible to those...". sure can't judge the health of a guy by his shopping though because i tend to feel a little sick when trese wants me to go shopping with her. still out in colorado and will be for awhile longer. i'm sure tired and ready to go home and it's been hard on trese for me to be gone for so long but things could be worse. hopefully we'll get this thing built and running in the next few months. looking foreward to visiting you all one of these days.

Unknown said...

So glad to see good news about Phil's progress. Mark and I would like to come over for a brief visit sometime soon. Phil can admire Mark's boot and crutches -- he has a broken ankle and is off work for a few weeks. We are keeping both of you in our prayers and watching every day for these great reports of positive steps! Love, Penny