Walking By Faith

Well, I haven’t actually written a post in a while, so here ya go. :)

Our house has been a little crazy the past week. My Uncle Ted moved in last Thursday because he’s not doing very well at all. He’s in one of the upstairs bedrooms and we have a hospital bed here, and he’s on oxygen. Most of you who read this probably already know all this, but... I’m gonna write about it all anyways.

Shortly before Christmas Uncle Ted was diagnosed with Stomach cancer. We then later found out that it had spread to the liver and lungs. He decided he didn’t want to do any chemo, since it had spread. Up until last Tuesday he was going up and down stairs, playing games with kids, and besides some pain, he wasn’t doing too bad. But Wednesday he started declining. Fast. He’s on oxygen full time and is so weak, he can’t do anything himself. He asks to get up a lot, but he’s only up a few minutes, and he’s ready to get back in bed. Because he’s so short of breath and so weak, he can hardly talk and when he does, he’s very difficult to understand.

So, the past week has been filled with Hospice, Friends and Family coming in and out.
My job is to keep the house looking decent. I haven’t been getting much school done, which is so not good. :

If you want to read more and get an update, Ted has a Caring bridge site.
Just go to Caringbridge.org and type in tedschick.

Thanks to all those who have brought food, and just pray that he can go to his new home before having to suffer any more!