Attitude is Everything.

Here is a pic of Gretta and Elena and one of the fish they caught Monday.  This is my baby and  her baby and I'm so proud of them.  3 weeks ago Gretta had just had major surgery and gotten the news that she had stage 2b tubal cancer and would be facing chemo in the near future.  She got up as quickly as humanly possible and started walking the halls at the hospital; no way she wanted to be immobile!  She's doing great and learning to pace herself, I hope. (That's a real challenge.)  She usually runs on GO like Elena does. Elena was born with Turner Syndrome and she gets a shot every day of her life to help her to grow to be 4'8".  She plays soccer and reads just like bigger kids her age because her Mommy and Daddy have taught her to do her best and stand tall, no matter how tall she measures.  Elena is on GO all the time; if she's not then we know she's sick.  She's on top of the world right now because her Bubba is there to spend a month with them.  No doubt Gretta is on top of the world, too.  She's a proud, proud mommy!

It's all about attitude.  Gretta could be down in the dumps over the challenges she's facing, but she's looking on the bright side and making the best of every moment.  Garrett is a wonderful big brother to Elena and he'll always be Bubba to her.  She'll always greet him with that huge smile, too!  He's taking a month off from work to go be with his Mom and Elena and I'm so proud of him for that show of his love.

I thank God for all the blessings we have to count.  Certainly this has been a month of challenges, but attitude is everything and we're not letting the challenges get us down.

I've been working today to get our 'vacation' schedule worked out.  It's really too late to be making plans so it's been frustrating.  We've had to keep flexible because I couldn't make plans until I was stable; I'm still working on stable and really won't know much until we go to MDA next week.  They'll do tests to determine if this current treatment plan is working on the cancer.  If it is, then we'll plow on ahead and do the best we can with it.  I'm thinking my body will tolerate it better and better. If it's not doing the job it's supposed to then we'll pull another 'trick' out of the bag and see if it will work.  We're just hanging loose and will do the best we can with what we have and give thanks and praise to God.  What we have is health and hope and time and family and friends to love and visit.  We look forward to seeing lots of family and friends this summer.