Notice the quiet, cuddly picture next to this entry? Our two beautiful cats? Yesterday a mouse dared to enter the house. Missy started to growl, Hunter was the copy cat. Michellie coming out of the shower jumps on the bench in the hall screaming. Missy chases the mouse. Hunter chases Missy. David chases Hunter. Missy plays with the mouse. Hunter tries to get it. David tries to get Hunter. Missy brings the mouse up the stairs. Michelle screams and slams the bedroom door. Michellie screams and slams her bedroom door. Hunter chases Missy. David chases Hunter. Missy goes into David's office to play with the mouse. Hunter pursues. David follows. Missy almost kills the mouse. David finishes it off. Missy plays with the mouse. Hunter observes. David looks for rubber glove to fit over bandaged finger and remembers he could put the glove on the other hand. David dangles dead mouse for all to see and takes it downstairs. Missy growls her displeasure at the intrusion. Hunter gets bored and finds pretend mouse to play with. Missy searches the office for the dead mouse and waits. Anybody want a kitty lick now?
All this excitement at midnight when all of us should have been in bed. It seems we are not destined to be early birds to bed.
Other than that excitement, it was a quiet day at our house. Semi-Solitary confinement, self-imposed, is not too bad at this point. Michellie's energy was not too bad, but the nausea continued to rear its head everytime she ate, and she did have a big appetite.
Jessica, we see by your fundraising thermometer that in just a few short days you have already reached half way to your goal. Congratulations on raising $100 so far. You sure are a go getter! We are all very proud of your incredible dedication and enthusiasm!
For those requesting bracelets, we will be organizing that shortly. Morgan has sent us thread and Michellie has been making bracelets with the thread she has here. Morgan is working on the project in Alberta, and Michellie will let family and friends know once we see the design Morgan has worked out. Thank you for your requests.
As well, for those in Alberta who are familiar with Morgan's Mom's event - Carpe Diem. The MacAuley's have been fundraising for alternative cancer treatments since Melody's recovery from cancer 8 years ago (similar story to Michellie's). The Greenwell's and Dance Debut have always played a part in the fundraising and performing for the event, and for the last couple of years Melody has sent the fundraising dollars to a place called Wellspring Calgary. Melody wrote me the following info the other day:
"All of the Carpe Diem Funds for this year will be going to Wellspring Calgary (you can google it), which is a healing centre for cancer patients and their families. It is a very home-like environment in a brand new arts and crafts style "home". They offer support groups, reiki, massage, accupressure, yoga, music therapy, art therapy, nutritional counseling, just to name a few. There are other Wellsprings in Ontario, but none (yet) in the maritimes, unfortunately. Still, you would be able to walk into any of them and receive anything that they have to offer for no charge. It was started privately and is supported privately, mostly by surviviors."
Heather Cornell's cousin is one of the organizers for this facility - for all of you tap gurus reading this. There is no facility or resource place like this in Nova Scotia, so we will be thinking about how we can make a difference for the people here with what we have available. For those lucky enough to be in Alberta and have an invite to Carpe Diem, please support Melody's initiative with an open heart, she has a silent auction that is always looking for great ideas. As we are all looking for ways we can help and support, there is a definite gap between the western medicine world and the eastern healing realm. I have been documenting all of the tools that we have added to help Michellie through this (as well as ourselves for all of you worried about our wellbeing too) and know that one day that material will be helpful for others. As well, all of those people who have sent healing work to us, or have provided more information, we are keeping track. More cancer patients need access to these healing modalities to help them cope with the aggressive western medicine protocols. Perhaps one day Wellspring will be clear across the country so that everyone facing cancer will be abe to access healing help during a trying financial situation!
The snow is blowing straight across the fields today and it is -14 with a windchill of -30. Definitely the coldest day we have experienced so far. I think it is a great day for some baking and cleaning, but we do have to get to Inverness for a blood test. We are hoping Michellie's counts will have risen again and then she can stop her shots and be almost medicine free for the rest of the week.
