Sunday, July 27, 2008

Jordy's shopping for new 'eyebrows' ~ A note from Annie ~

I have it on good authority Jordy's eye brows are hanging in there, but there may be a sharpie party yet. If you happen to find any really big caterpillars, the fuzzier the better, save them (freeze), a little super glue and instant eye brows. Jordy would like to shop and compare before he makes a decision, sharpies or bugs.
George

Hello-
Jordy has finished receiveing his chemo. Now he just has to get it back out of his system so that we can go home for a couple of days. He should get to go home on Monday. He has a appointment with Dr. Krajbich at Shriner's on Wednesday to talk about the surgery on his leg in September.
On Thursday he will begin chemo again. The chemo that he had this weekend and will have next week is much easier to tolerate than the type he had in early July. Jordy amazes me. He says that the chemo is not nearly as bad as he expected.
Yesterday was a great day for Jordy. First, he got paid for his "job".
The social worker gave him his $25 cash for filling out his first survey.
Later in the day some people from "Racing for Kids" came to visit. This group is racing at PIR this weekend. Three of the racecar drivers came to visit Jordy. He really enjoyed it. They left little posters and a hat.
He told them that he wants to be an automotive tech. They said that was way beyond them. I think that impressed Jordy. They showed him a helmet that they wear. They were laughing that one litte girl wanted to take it to the art room and paint it pink and purple! That art therapy is wonderful!!
Also, a doctor came by and offered Jordy a chance to go to Hood River next week and learn about kite boarding. He thinks it would be interesting, but it would put his chemo off by a day. He just wants to keep going, but maybe he will get to participate in the next activity.
Jordy has found a new food that tastes good to him . . . popcorn. Last night the CNA offered us popcorn and Sprite. We watched "Anger Management" and Jordy ate a bag and a half of popcorn! He wanted more for breakfast, but ate his cornflakes instead. I am sure we will be eating more popcorn tonight.
On the home front . . . Kevin and Kyle are combining our field of organic fescue today. It is only a few acres, but it satisfies our need to keep farming. Kyle has been WONDERFUL at helping us get the combine ready. He has worked so hard and has been so helpful. He has also been working on getting our travel trailer ready to move to Wilsonville in August. We have such a great family!!!
Enjoy the sunshine,
Annie

1 comment:

Jackie said...

What are you in the market for? In Central Oregon, we have furry black and orange striped caterpillars. Or do you want to go for the brown or black, or maybe one of each? Anyway, we can start searching so let us know what the preference is. :-)

Hope the treatments are going as well as they can.

Jackie