Please Pray......

Chris' friend Charles had a liver transplant on February 12. All was going well till last night when he started to bleed, so please remember him in your prayers. Here is the last update from Christine (Charles' wife):



Quick update from the hospital: Charles is still stable enough that people are not panicking--which is good, but they still have not found out where the blood is coming from, and it IS still coming, though more slowly--which is not so good.
He's been transferred back to the Organ Transplant Unit, which I had thought we were finished with...if he has to be in the hospital at all, this is a very good place to be...sigh. They are figuring out right now what they need to plan and prep for next, since the gastro scope did not show anything useful--again, both good and not great in that they need to keep looking. Please pray that they do a good job of managing his condition while they figure things out, and that they WILL figure things our as soon as they reasonably can.
A bonus for us: quite a few of the med staff are away at a conference for a few days, but our lovely coordinator is still here--too bad for her, since the conference is in Banff, but good for us/me, since she could probably talk me through pretty much any crisis I needed to navigate! The young physician who is mostly in charge of Charles's care seems to be doing a good job in his own way...
I think Charles is most discouraged by the news that he will probably not be allowed to eat for a while...somehow that's tangible, personal, and hard for him to hear.
He is working on his loom knitting, though--two projects on the go already! =)
More later...



If you would like to read more check out the journal entries here:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/cschroeder

Valentine's Day Party

On Saturday Feb 14, we held our 8th annual valentines party. Every year we invite a number of our un-attached friends for an evening of food and table games. This year the turnout was good.

Making the heart treat boxes:
Look Janet peeled an orange............

In the past the meal has generally been chilli on a bun, but this year Nettie, Sara, Barb and Mary put together a mystery meal complete with options like "Farmers Friend" (water), "Rippers delight" (a knife) and "David's Geometry" (our main course, shepherds pi...I mean pie). The meal was served in three courses which people ordered in advance. Some people had courses of the meal that were mostly composed of cutlery and no food, and then later they got food without cutlery.

(Nettie eating her salad with crackers as her utensils

Catherine, eating jell-o with a straw. Nobody could suck hard enough to get the stuff up the straw, so it's sort of like having one chopstick.


Mary "drinking" her jello from her plate.

Sick Sick Sick

They other day Chris was sick and stayed home from work. By late afternoon Kaitlyn had joined in.....

Toboganning Accident

On Sunday Jan 18 we went toboganning at the hill on the church parking lot. Though we didn't get any pictures of the good sledding we did, we did get a picture of the lasting effects to Justin's face.

Gone Skating...

On Saturday, Jan 17, our family along with Nettie's sister Sara went to Bethel Park to skate on the "loop" of ice that has been made there by the city. It was sunny and relatively warm, a great day for skating with young children. Justin is still in "stepping" stage with his skates and Kaitlyn spent most of her time sitting on the ice or being held up by someone else. Charity was very pleased to do her first outdoor walk. A good time for everyone.