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UPDATED:  Okay, so I have to share this one… Ben and I were putzing around the house yesterday, waiting to go pick up my niece, Raeanna.  At around 12:30 a fire truck came down our road andturned around.  Ben and I were out on the deck, andone of the fire fighters walked up the hill.  [...]

Going to the Wisconsin Dells turned out to be bitter sweet, but also a good thing.  With my last post, I was almost looking forward to it.  As the day got closer, I wavered.  Stress. Sadness. Anxiety.  I wasn’t sure what to do. Being with Gary’s family could be a good thing, but I was [...]

Time has continued… work continues…
Last weekend Ben and I joined the rest of my family in Hill City for our annual hunting weekend. It was a tough weekend for me, but Ben really wanted to go. He got to spend time with his cousins. Gary loved hunting. We had discussed my going out with him [...]

We will be celebrating Gary’s life on Saturday, October 10th at 3pm at the First Memorial Funeral Chapel, Cremation Society, 4100 Grand Ave. Duluth.  A visitation/get together will begin at 2pm.  Service begins at 3pm.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments on this blog, the phone calls, visits and letters. Obviously this continues [...]

Hello all. Gary and I would like to thank you for all the comments and prayers sent out to him. We know they are helping. Gary is currently on the phone with Hartley – his friend from work. They are talking work things – in between hiccups. It is good that Gary is talking about [...]

Just wanted to follow up after Gary’s treatment.   Gary is back in the hospital again.  They disconnected him from the CADD pump and gave him a liter of fluid on Thursday. He has been very weak, and has not been able to eat or drink much of anything. On Friday he didn’t want to go [...]

Hello all. Just wanted to post a very brief note… Gary is having a Paracentesis right now. (1pm) He noticed that his belly was distended this weekend. He didn’t know if his stomach was full, or if something else was wrong. When he went for his scheduled fluid infusion Monday, the weighed him before doing [...]

I know Gary is working on a blog entry, but he is having trouble finding the energy and focusing.  (Gary – feel free to edit this one okay?)  It has been so long since we have updated everyone on his condition and treatment, I thought I would jot down a couple of things.

Just a quick post to let you all know what is going on… best that I can tell you anyway. Gary has been back in the hospital since our plane landed in Duluth Tuesday evening. He was extremely dehydrated, and we found out that not only is his stomach not digesting food, but [...]

The day started off normally, neither Sue or I had any ides what would happen to us today.