Hi all, I have some sad news. John's dad (my father-in-law), 89 years, passed away yesterday after another bout with pneumonia (actually double) together with congestive heart failure and some tumors in his bladder. John and I were with him, as was his wife Joann and her friend Kathy. We stayed at the hospital / hospice ward at his side for almost 30 hours, as we knew it was coming and wanted to be with him. His funeral is tomorrow (Thursday) and then he will be cremated. I have already been there when someone has passed, but the others had not, so it was good that I could be there with them. He never got to go home except for Christmas Day for a few hours, but stayed at the convalescent home until the latest pneumonia attack about 1 week or so ago.  (See 11/4/06 blog entry).
Chris on the other hand is doing well at this time. His pneumonia (yes he has had another bout of it since last writing) has been thwarted and he is still on steroids for a bad infection along with his chemo treatments (which have been upped a bit for now but not the massive doses he went through for months). I watched both Chris and Clayton on Sunday morning while Marty and Joan went to a group hypnosis session to quit smoking. I hope it works, as they spend over $200 a month on smoking habits and they do NOT have that money to spend.
John is doing okay after his double inguinal hernia operation on Jan 25. He is not supposed to have been doing all he did this week, but it could not be helped as he wanted to be with his dad. (Another reason I was there the entire time - I needed to keep an eye on my hubby!) He is a bit sore, and as exhausted physically as me, more emotionally in ways, but we will both be fine.
All else is fine in our world. I hope it is well in yours too. Hugs!