Life just got a bit crazy…

Dear Family and Friends,

I know it has been a long time since I put an update on, but life just got a bit crazy around here. For a while there it was just a lot of the same old same old things. Last week was a crazy week with lots of doctor’s appointments. The same report from every one was that Stuart is doing great. They cut back on the heart medication by half and put Stuart on a mild blood pressure medicine. His blood work came back showing that things are pretty well back to normal. There is no toxification in the liver, and the coagulation factor is back to normal.

Last Saturday Travis our son, his daughter Naomi, and Stuart’s brother Richard with my sister Vanessa came with our van loaded with a bunch of our stuff. They were here until today. We didn’t expect to see Richard and Vanessa which was a pleasant surprise. Our week was filled with activity. We had a family dinners together juggling everyone’s busy schedules to do so which took about 3 different times. We took a trip to the zoo with our grandkids and Tiffany. Stuart rode bike for the first time on the bike trail (with Stuart wearing a helmet, of course) with Travis, Zachary and Richard. Vanessa and I unpacked most of the “stuff” that they brought. So you can see it was a very busy time.

I think that all the stimulation was good for Stuart as by the end of the time Travis noticed that he was speaking better. The most exciting thing event of the week was Stuart’s test that looked at the blood clot in his heart. They hadn’t looked at it since December 1st. Anyway, the doctor came to me with the results right after the test. The blood clot is entirely gone! Talk about the power of God. He never even had any blood thinners to get rid of it. It just reabsorded on its own with the help of our Almighty God. Talk about exciting!

Thank you so much for your continued prayers for us. We are all settled in our new apartment and enjoying it very much. Now we will get settled into a regular routine and try to get back to normal. Stuart and Travis worked on a newsletter while he was here. Travis will finish that up this next week, and hopefully will get it out to everyone by this month.

Thank you so much for your patience in waiting to hear from us. We thank God so much for all of you.

Love from us all, Stuart, Valerie and family