I am so thankful for the incredible wedding weekend
I was able to enjoy with family and friends
This past Friday and Saturday!
The weather was amazing...
How often do you get
75 degrees and sunshine
In the middle of May
In western Washington?!
Wow!
To be alive to experience the celebration
With all of our kids and grandkids
To be able to walk our youngest daughter
Stephanie
Down the mulch pathway
Created by Cindy
Overlooking our beautiful lake property
And then perform the wedding ceremony
Uniting Stephanie and Timothy
As husband and wife
Was a privilege I would not have thought
I would be alive to experience
Several months ago.
I am grateful.
I am now recuperating
From the weekend!
Spending hours sleeping away the exhaustion
That comes with such an output of energy!
But, I am so grateful.
I have also been struggling
With some anxiety
Over what lies ahead...
The uncertainty and unknown
Of the impact
Immunotherapy and Radiation
Will have on my body.
This Friday I begin again immunotherapy infusions
Every three weeks.
The following Monday
I am tentatively scheduled
To go to Seattle
To get prepped
For proton radiation therapy
To begin on June 7
Our 41st wedding anniversary!
The plan will be
For Cindy and I to temporarily
Move to north Seattle
For the 4-5 weeks of the proton radiation therapy
Which will take place
Monday through Friday
During those weeks.
In the meantime...
Breathing is getting harder again
Which indicates that another thoracentesis
Is on the horizon in the near future
To drain fluid from my right lung.
The daily challenge of the cancer journey continues on...
Appreciate you all listening and supporting,
Dave
I am so happy to hear of the wedding, and that you could be a huge part of it! Rest well, and I continue to pray for you daily. I'm so glad you exist. 41 years. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI remember Cindy bringing Stephanie into the church office as a newborn. Wow! How special to perform her wedding ceremony. Out God is awesome! He knew then that you would be there for her. He is here for you now. In our prayers as always!
ReplyDeleteLoved "seeing" you at the wedding. OK, so it was just via the live feed. But hearing your humor, seeing your love for your daughter and new son-in-law, and listening to your charge to them--all were a great treat. I fully intended to jot you a note then, but life scurried me along elsewhere. But oh my yes! it was such a gracious gift from Jesus that you could marry Stephanie. I know she was thrilled for that.
ReplyDeleteOnward 'til upward. And of course, our prayer is your upward will be long days/years from now!
Thanks for the update Dave. May God continue to give you unexpected pleasures!
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