Back from vacation

What a great vacation! On 9/28, we embarked on to the Caribbean Princess out of Brooklyn, and sailed leisurely up towards New England and Canada. We were with our dear friends, Don and Mary Nelle Cummins, who made this vacation extra special. I noticed in the last post Tami did that she referred to a statement Jack had made about the 4 of us being quite a foursome with our individual health issues! Well, I'll have you know, we all did just fine, thank you! A special highlight was visiting in Boston with Jack's cousin, Becky (nee Floyd). The ship stopped in Newport, RI, Boston, Bar Harbor, ME, and then on to Saint John in New Brunswick, and finally ending up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At Bar Harbor we went whale watching, on a catamaran, which did sway a bit as we went out about 25 miles to find these whales! There were these cute blue envelopes that held motion sickness bags, and I thought I might have to use one! However, all was well, and I brought that blue envelope home for our cruise scrapbook! We have lots of memories to cherish, and already miss being with our friends.

Jack is doing quite well. He had some increased swelling in the left eye area before we left, so the Prednisone dosage was upped a bit, and that took care of that problem. He really did okay with his diabetes, when I was watching. But, he'd get up around midnight, and stroll around the ship & would find his way to the 24-hour buffet. We won't show his blood glucose log we keep to the doctor! He had a 6-week post op visit with the kidney surgeon and all is well there. So, we just kind of wait for the tumor to decrease in size.

We are so grateful for the many blessings we have, and we cherish each one of you. Please continue to pray that the tumor will decrease in size that will thrill us all (that's 80%) and that the cancer will not come back. Thank you so much for your faithfulness in praying with us. God is awesome, and He shows us that each and every day.

Love, Karen