Easter at Stan and Sharon's. 2010 This year has been nothing short of CRAZY and stressful. As I posted earlier, we had a lot of health problems including seizures with Ben and Sadie, going back to school for me, working and of course raising two active and fun children. I mentioned on my last post several months ago that my father-in-law (Stan Greenhalgh) was diagnosed in May with stage four Pancreatic Cancer. He did fairly wellwith the chemo and treatments, still being able to go to Bear Lake and even on a trip with all his kids to San Francisco in August.
During the summer he was diagnosed with diabetes (as a result of the cancer), and not long a after had to start getting fluid drained from his abdomen. No matter how bad he felt, high pain lever, or his ever growing tiredness, he still had a happy smiling face and loved to make my kids happy. He always wanted to take Ian for a ranger ride. They loved doing that together and going to see the horses and cows. Ian had his seat up front right next to Poppa.
Sadly, Stan passed away on October 12, 2010. It was a very peaceful passing and he didn't have to suffer for long. Even just days before he moved on, he was concerned about Ian going on a ranger ride and asked me two days in a row if we had taken him. His passing is something we didn't think we would have to deal with for 20 more years. Stan was well prepared to meet our Father in Heaven and we know he is doing great things on the other side. He was a great man and will be deaply missed.
In the summer we had all of Ben's siblings and their families come together and get a family picture with Stan. We got some cute pics and if I can figure out how to post some I will. This is what the kids wore. (although Ian had long tan pants on).
This is when we took Sadie down to Primary Children's Hospital to meet with her neurologist, Dr. Francis Filloux. We loved him! Most neurologists we've dealt with are jerks, but this one was so nice, patient and answered every question we had. He took so much time with us. We take Sadie back down in November.
This is at McKay Dee when Sadie had her MRI of her brain.
The pediatric sedation team was awesome and did a great job of entertaining her.
This was down at Primary Children's ER after Sadie's second seizure. I just wanted to thank my sweet mother-in-law for her kindness, love, and support. My mom was in Oklahoma during this time and Sharon was actually with Sadie during the second seizure. Sharon and Stan went to Primary's ER with me and Sharon came up to McKay ER after the first one. She knows exactly how I am and was feeling during all of this. She was a great strength to me (as well as Stan) and I just want her to know how much I appreciate her.
This was at McKay Dee when Sadie had her EEG. I was unable to be at this one because of school, but once again my wonderful mother-in-law went with Ben.
Another special thanks to all our family friends and our ward for their prayers, fast, and love and support during this difficult time.
This was just a cute pic!
