Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Eating Real Food!

The last few days have seemed to go by rather quickly. Fern served up a turkey supper of the proportions where our table couldn't hold all the servings and we all helped ourselves to a little extra on behalf of my wife. Grandpa and grandma LOYEK took our oldest and youngest, Caden and Makaela, back to Edmonton with them until later this week and it was good to be able to spend a little time, just the two of us. I took Lanita out to see the hustle and bustle of the mall where, after a couple of easy chair rest stops, thanks to Sears and The Bay, we headed off for a little drive. We took a little cruise through our metropolisis downtown, then through the countryside while the gentle flakes of snow started to blanket us with a little more winter. Tuesday we headed back to Kelowna along with Arleigh and Fern to see the doctor we have been working with. I don't know how to put into words the visit that Lanita and I had with our wonderful health practitioner but I will do my best to summarize the highlights. Her body is responding great to treatment! The ileocaecal valve has not been closing in her body for a very long time. This is what is leading to a lot of challenges of which one of the major ones is, is Nausea! There is a natural physical process where you are able to close this valve and immediately her nausea stopped! It is amazing how the human body functions. Her health numbers are getting better and even though we know that there will up and down days, we are getting the tools on how to train the body and get it back to a healthier working state. Treated my wife to a stay overnight in Kelowna where we also met Brent & Veronika. We will head back to our wonderful palace today, but first, we need to find Lanita some hats to accommodate her balder state. Her hair was falling out in clumps so yesterday before heading out, she went and had her beautiful locks shaved off and I must say, she has a beautiful shaped head!

16 comments:

  1. We are so thankful that you are feeling better Lanita! And so happy that you are able to enjoy your holidays together! Much love and healing thoughts and prayers to you all!

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  2. Awesome update! We are pulling for you Lanita in more ways than one! So glad you have such wonderful people to help out! Eldon your a gem! We will wait patiently on the next update!!

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  4. I must say that these posts are much nicer to read:) HIP HIP HOORAY!!

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  5. You both have so much courage and grace. Awesome. Thanks.
    Donna C

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  6. What a great report! Good to hear the positive effects it is having on you Lanita. Enjoy your time together. Love you both.

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  7. Thanks again for the update! All our love xo
    Sandra, Eric, Austin & Zac

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  8. Thank you so much Eldon for keeping us all updated. We know you are very busy with everthing. We are glad to hear Lanita is feeling a little better and hope it keeps going in that direction. We are Thinking about you all, Hugs from Reid, Mandy, Tyrell, Jake, Keaton, Kaden and Jett

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  9. So glad to hear that you have the nausea under control!! Nice you two are having some together time! All our love and thoughts... Jason, Julie, Jonah, Caleb, and Adrianna

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  10. Thank you, Eldon! It is such wonderful news - real hope! May Lanita's health continue to improve, and her body working perfectly. With much love and best wishes from the North Queensland Hazlewoods
    "He holds the key,
    He will unravel every knot,
    Wait patiently.
    Pray, trust and rest.
    He holds the key."

    "Trust Him when dark clouds o'ershadow you,
    Trust Him when your faith is small,
    Trust Him, when to simply trust Him, is the hardest thing of all."

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  11. Thanks for the updates eldon. Glad you were able to have some time for just the two of you! Wishing you many more better days ahead. Constantly thinking about you all!

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  12. Thanks for the updates. Thinking of you guys so much. Love and lots of hugs to you all!

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  13. Hi there! This is great news....we will continue to pray!

    Luv, Christine & Tim

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  14. So glad you guys have been having some quality time together and that Lanita has got the nausea under control. We think of you so often with hope and love.hope you continue to have even better days!!

    Love you lots
    Dean, Kathy, Clay and Connor

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  15. I just heard about your blog today...so wanted to join in with others and tell you how glad I was to hear this latest update. I know it's hard to keep in touch with absolutely everyone who is lovingly interested in how things are going with you, Lanita...so it's wonderful for you (Eldon) to keep everyone up-to-date thru this blog. Thinking of you all as you make this health journey together. Hugs to you all...

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  16. Lanita & Eldon, have been thinking of you lots over the holidays. We've opted out of snow dances and instead are sending all our good karma your way!!! Thanks for the posts, wonderful to hear how you are all doing. Hugs to you and your family.

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