meow M E O W Update

That distinctive Siamese voice is back!

When the vet called Monday, she said it could be that Ching had tonsillitis, so we made an appointment for her to take a look Tuesday morning and probably prescribe some antibiotic. Ching must have heard the plans, because she then proceeded to start to sound a little better, enough that by Tuesday morning, after some debate, we canceled the appointment. By this evening, you can hardly tell that her voice was ever gone!

Quiet as a.......Siamese Cat?

This is Ching, our almost 8 year old Siamese cat.

True to her breed, she's always been a talker. People who don't know her or her relatives sometimes think she sounds grumpy or even angry. But really, she's usually only trying to have a conversation. It's just that her accent and volume are not like the squeaky mews they're used to hearing from other cats.
Monday morning when Ching greeted me I had to laugh. Her normal tone was noticeably absent. Yep--laryngitis! (I was thinking she overdid telling us all about it while we played ping-pong the evening before.) This has happened before, and she's usually back to her full vocal range in a few days. Well, here it is Friday, and still no voice.Otherwise she's acting normally, but something is obviously not right. I did finally phone the vet, but she was out of the office till Monday. Hopefully by the time she gets back to me, Ching will be trying to add her two cents to the call as usual.
Meanwhile, it just doesn't sound right around here.

Hodge Podge

Stopped by for a brief visit with Uncle Neil on the way out to pick up T's stuff from college.

The liquid we saw in this truck made some interesting waves and splashes, especially as it slowed and turned.

This cross-eyed buffalo made me smile!

By the time we could mow the grass, it seemed like it could have been baled! And it was cold that day!

The roses were blooming nicely.

Hooray for ripe strawberries! We just don't have enough in our garden.

We do have plenty of cauliflower.

One of four scaredy-cat kittens!

Celebrating.....

.....another graduation for K.
This is graduation from Kindergarten, May 25, 1993.

Hopefully she'll be a bit more enthusiastic at her college graduation, May 24, 2009!

(Sorry about the tiny, grainy scan of the photo.)

Plans, knowing full well that.....

..... "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established." Proverbs 19:21

• funeral to attend
• wedding shower to attend
• one more day of subbing this year
• graduations--K's in just over a week, plus could go to two others
• move T's stuff home as she heads to work at camp for the summer
• update blog once in awhile : )
  
• get Vacation Bible School lessons ready
  
• water flowers (when it doesn't rain)
• update church cemetery database
• get the next church newsletter started
• Bible study
• recruit Relay For Life team

• medical appointments
  
• intentional exercise
• publicity for church's meal outreach project
• music

• deal with garden stuff
• probably should cook some meals now and then : )

• 
• take a summer class, or not
• bookwork, always bookwork
• housework, always housework
  

Sorry to bore you with my list. Hoping that getting it down might help me focus and have some accountability. Time will tell what is actually established!

What to Say?

Official diagnosis--it was a malignant tumor on B's kidney. Notice the past tense. We are trusting that the freezing procedure (cryoablation) completely obliterated the cancer cells. No further treatment is expected, but follow-up will include yearly scans.
He was in the hospital Tuesday-Saturday, glad to be home. Now to get his INR (blood thickness/thinness) regulated, incisions healed, energy back, keep him from lifting anything too heavy, and then to keep him off the tractor for as long as he's supposed to!

Thank you for all prayers past and continued.

Trusting and a Blessing

Today B and I head to the hospital in Lincoln again, but at least this time it's a planned trip. The time has finally come to zap--or freeze, actually--the tumor perched on the back side of his kidney. Of course they'll also biopsy a sample of the offensive little thing. We're completely trusting that regardless of what it is, cancer or not, the procedure will get rid of all the growth that shouldn't be there.

Another "offensive little thing" showed up in the form of an extra bump at the top of his nose, just above the eyepad of his glasses. The blessing is that since B was already prepping for today's surgery (getting off his blood thinner), our local surgeon was able to excise the nodule in his office last Thursday. The lab report came back that yes, it was a malignant skin cancer. We and the doctor are confident that he removed it all. The area is healing up nicely, but of course there was bruising, so it looks like he was in a fight!

Your prayers are appreciated today and in the days to follow as he heals.

Our trust is in the Lord.

Interesting Tidbit

Did you know that if you say the word
"gullible"
very slowly it sounds like

"green beans"?

Related?

The other day I was in a kindergarten class that I hadn't subbed with before. I asked one little boy if he and a certain girl were related.

His answer, "No, we're twins."

Pencil Sketch #2 of ???--Purse