The Big Ol Update or my first Ambulance ride!

For those of you out of the know which is pry everyone but my husband here is where the Brown family is today!

On June 17th Anthony's Step-Father Paul went into the hospital short of breath. He was brought by ambulance to mercy in Des Moines and was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in his lungs, bones and Lymphatic system. He spent some time there in the oncology ward, moved to the cardiac floor for 3 days for heart trouble, back to oncology, had his first does of Chemo on June 30th. the 1st of July he was moved to ICU for monitoring, late that night he began to have trouble breathing... He was sedated and placed on a ventilator where he spent the next 9 days in a comatose state. On Tuesday July 10th we removed the ventilator and had a changed man in front of us, he was talking and more alert. He had a rough night that night and then a better day was foloowing eaxch day. We spent 3 more days in ICU and then Paul was moved to a Hospice center in West Des Moines. After 4 days there he was moved to Hospice in the Chariton Hospital. I rode with him in the ambulance and we got him settled and I felt like aside from some major weight loss as we left there he looked better than he had at any point in the last month. We all know that his cancer is Terminal and his time left with us is short, so we are taking advantage of every moment we can. It is hard to imagine that 1 year ago this man was tearing apart my house and dangling from the scaffolding during our re-siding project.

Cassie Turned two on June 19th, we had a family party the 16th and then another family celebration in the hospital on her actual birthday. She is doing quite well with the changes to her life and schedule and is as spunky as ever.. I'll post some new pics when I get home.