Gma Ummel

January 14th was Grandma Ummel's 71st birthday. We celebrated it with a small get together yesterday. Due to it being so close to Christmas, half of the grandchildren couldn't make the trip. Sometimes it is very hard to find the time for traveling when you were just off for the holidays and had already spread yourselves so thin. Yep.... the kids are growing up and finding themselves in their own little families. Anyways............ as you can see with the pictures.......... a silly day!

Happy Birthday Grandma Ummel!

 

 

 

 

 

Enough said....................

Happy Birthday Grandma....

Grandma Ummel and the grandchildren....


Uncle Roger and Kim....

Grandma & Teagan.....

Michele & Kayla.....

3 generations......

4 generations.....

Gabe's 1st family visit.....

You should know better!!!!

SURPRISE!!!!! And what a grand time we had. Every child, grandchild and great grandchild was there! A warm dinner in our tummy's.... sweets.... and lots of fun. As I was sitting there yesterday watching everyone, I was thinking back to over 20 years ago when the grandchildren themselves were little. We were talking how out numbered Alan was many years ago...... How the girls would go play dress up and Alan would have to play too. Just so he had somebody to play with. And out he would come..... dress, heels, hat and all! Yesterday he chose not to "play". Our attention now is more on the wee little ones. Kayla and Teagan. They are just too dang cute! My how we grow up and old!! Roger's sister is a GRANDMA! I wouldn't have even imagined that 20 years ago. I guess what they say is true .......... TIME FLY'S WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN! And what FUN it is! LIFE IS GRAND!

Glada.....

~Audrey brought Bucky to our house this afternoon. Glada was not feeling up to the trip. If she feels up to it later, then they will be heading to Hays. Otherwise they will be going in the morning. Glada has her lab draw at 9 am and then they see Dr.Iqbal. They will then find out if she will be getting chemo on Tuesday or not.

Sickies update.......and others :-)

Updates tonight on the sickies..........

~Glada is at home for the weekend. Since having her chemo on Tuesday....she has been wiped out! Been a pretty rough week. Before she left Hays this afternoon she ended up having to go in and get some IV fluids from getting dehydrated. Vicki was in Hays for a funeral on Tuesday and visited for awhile. She will get her shots both Saturday and Sunday to help keep her white cell count up. Then hopefully she will be able to get her chemo again on Tuesday.
~Jessica is starting to finally feel better this evening.. She has been feeling pretty bad herself. I think we are on the upwards bound. Her breathing is getting easier and she doesn't sound so out of breath when you talk to her. Thank goodness! I was thinking I was gonna have to head that direction. (Even thou Roger kept telling me to sit sill. That he didn't need me sick too. ) From Jessica's mouth..... "I don't think I have EVER felt this bad before!"

Others........
~Michele is in Broken Bow Nebraska for the weekend. One of her roomates is from there. All the girls but one who live in their house went for the weekend. Sounds like they have lots of fun planned!
~Roger and I are leaving early in the morning for Wichita. It's a Ummel Party!!!! Before we go meet the family we plan on getting some shopping done. Was I surprised when he said he wanted to go with me! Hope he isn't getting sick! :-) Oink oink! (sorry Jessica.... I couldn't resist!) I hope to get pictures downloaded sometime Sunday....so keep checking back!

Chemo....

Just an update to say that Glada did get her Chemo today. Roger has not talked to anyone today, but Audrey did email Jessica and Michele and told them.

Correction....

I think I was wrong in a previous post. I said Glada was getting her labs done everyday and then an injection. Roger thinks it is this........ She got her labs drawn on Monday and then since her white cell count was low she got a shot for 5 days to help bring it back up. He is not sure if she is getting the labs everyday. She WILL have her labs drawn tomorrow. If her white cell count is up then she will be able to get chemo on Tuesday. If not....she will get her shots again. ( Are we confused or what???? ) Hang in there with us! Eventually we will get it together. Maybe not soon.....but someday! :-)

"House arrest"

Glada's white cell count is low. She is having her labs every day and then getting an injection to help bring her white cell counts back up. If you plan to visit her and have a cold or anything...... please stay away.

2 down.........

Glada had her second round of chemo yesterday. She said they only gave her one medicine this time so she wasn't as tired after it like last week. The doctor has already changed their plans..... She will have next week off and then do two weeks of chemo. One week off and then two weeks of chemo. One week off and then her LAST two weeks of chemo. (Unless plans change......)

1 DOWN......7 to go!

Glada got her picc line put in yesterday. Today she had her first round of chemo. She told Roger that it went well. She will have her next chemo next week. Then will have 3 weeks off. Two weeks of chemo and 3 weeks off. She will do this until she does 4 rounds.

Chemo

Dennis, Vicki , Kim, Kathryn and Teagan visited Glada on Saturday. After visiting with Dennis, Glada has decided to do the Chemo. She will have her picc line put in next Monday and will start Chemo on Tuesday afternoon. I'm guessing she will then learn what drugs they will be using and if she will have Chemo every week or every other week.

Audrey told Michele that Aunt Eunice is still at the farm but will be going home tomorrow. Glada is going to be staying at the farm and Audrey will be going there on Friday after she gets off work. They will then go back to Hays on Sunday afternoon.

Oncologist

~Today Glada had her appt with the oncologist. Audrey, Roger and I went with her. The stage of her Cancer is 1B. Which is very early!!! What this means.......the biopsy showed her Cancer was contained in the lobe that they removed. It is not in her lymph nodes.(We knew this already.) What makes it B, not A........B is if the Cancer was over the size of 3cm. Hers was measured at the widest point 5cm. Basically they "recommend" what she should do. Then she decides what she "wants" to do. Even if they think they removed all of the Cancer, there could still be those unwanted little cells floating around. Their recommendation is Chemo. Approx 4 sessions that will either be one every week OR one every other week. This will depend on what meds they use. She now has about a week to decide on what she will be doing. If she decides to go ahead and do the chemo, she will first need a picc line put in so they have easy access to her veins. Then they will start the chemo the next week. She is at 3 weeks out from her surgery. They like to start chemo approx 4-6 weeks out. One of the things she wants to do is talk to Dennis before she makes any decisions. As he had Cancer many years ago and has went thru radiation and chemo both. I'm sure he can help her far more on this decision than we can.

~When the decision is made, I will let you know.
~Plans right now.......Glada is at Hays with Audrey. She has a couple Doctor's appt.s tomorrow. Then on Wednesday Audrey and Glada will stop by here and pick up Bucky and head for the farm. I think they have plans on taking a few days to themselves and relax. Going to make some pickles. :-) Then Aunt Eunice is suppose to be coming and staying with Glada at the farm next week.

Oncologist

Glada has her Doctor appt. with the Oncologist on Monday.....1 pm. She has invited Dennis to go to the appt. with her as he had Cancer many years ago. Hopefully they will get many questions answered as to what stage the Cancer is and what the next steps will be. She then sees the Doctor who removed the lobe /Cancer on Wednesday.

Glada.......

Bronchoalveolar Carsinoma........Yesterday afternoon Audrey picked up Glada and Bucky. They went home to the farm. Tomorrow they will be bringing Bucky back here for the week and Glada will be staying at Hays with Audrey. She still has not heard when her appt. with the oncologist is, but is going to call them on Monday to see. Her appt with the Doctor who did the surgery is on the 12th. Right now the plans are for her to stay with Audrey till the appt, then sometime after that Aunt Eunice is going to go stay with her for about a week at the farm. I'm sure Aunt Eunice will pamper her!!!! As you know, plans can and probably will change. Guess we will see what the oncologist says......

Our time in Topeka with Jessica went so fast, but we got LOTS of work done. She is now moved and unpacked. Plus we got a little shopping done while waiting to check her out of her other townhouse. We got home around 8:30pm Wednesday night after picking Glada up at Hays. Then on Thursday Jessica and I took Glada to her Doctors appt. in Ness City. Yesterday we hung out here at home. After Audrey picked Glada up, Jessica and I then went to Hays and picked Michele up. The next leg of our trip was Grandma and Grandpa Kalers. We visited with them....also Char and Aunt Sharon. Gma fixed us a wonderful supper!!! THANK YOU GRANDMA!......our next leg..... The Blaine Younger Band......was playing at the Rush County Fair. Just love his music! What a voice. We were lucky enough to not get rained out, but did have to drive thru some rain and wind to get home. Tomorrow is my LAST day of my "vacation". Then back to work. MAN! I hate it when that has to happen. Hopefully later today or tomorrow I will get some pictures posted of our last week........

Biopsy......Cancer

Glada's biopsy results came back today. It showed Cancer. It was all contained in her upper right lobe. The surrounding tissues in the lobe were cancer free as was her lymph nodes. Her next step will be to see the Cancer Doctor. That Doctor will be deciding what the next step will be. She is back in Hays with Audrey till Wednesday evening. At that time Jessica and I will be picking her up and taking her to our house. Then on Thursday she has an appt. with her primary Doctor in Ness City. We will be taking her to that appt and then she will stay with us till Audrey gets off work on Friday. They will then go back to the farm for the weekend with Bucky.

We got Jessica moved this weekend. All went well!!!! :-) After all the moving, they took me out to Boss Hog's BBQ for supper.....my birthday supper. (I'm 29 this year.....haha) Yesterday morning Roger, Michele and Jorge left for home. Jessica and I have started unpacking and have been cleaning her other townhome so we can check her out of it on Wednesday afternoon. Today we decided to take a little trip to Kansas City. What fun !!!! Good thing Donnell let us use her Garmin GPS system.

Tuesday Update......

Sorry this is so late. Roger and I had to go down to the farm to check on everything and also pick up Glada's meds.

Today they took Glada off oxygen. They have monitored her oxygen levels. Tonight she will also be off it to see how she does. She says there is a chance she might get out of the hospital tomorrow. If she don't get out tomorrow she is hoping for Thursday. Right now the plan is for her to stay in Hays with Audrey at least the rest of the week. And then if she is not ready to go home Ken and Janice said they would sit with her over the weekend so Audrey can come and get Bucky to the farm. Roger, Michele and I are leaving on Friday for Topeka. Jessica is moving.......... :-) Some things just can't be put off till later.

Everyone's big question......the test results. They are still not in. Sorry! We were told they would be back today. Guess not.

Monday Update.....

Glada is still in room #2207. When Roger talked to her tonight she was still waiting for the Doctor to come in for his visit today. Guess no news is good news. She told him that her throat was hurting and he said she sounded a little worse for the wear. BUT....considering what she has went thru the last few days, it is to be expected. Tomorrow is suppose to be the day...........The day she gets the results of her biopsy.

As I said before.....we are in charge of Bucky. Roger brought him here yesterday afternoon. We made him a pen next to Jorge's. But tonight when Roger got home I really fell for the puppy dog eyes wanting out. Now we need to make it clear....Roger said he just didn't think we should just let him loose. He thought Bucky would run. Well......he did. So then we had a chase on our hands, but Roger out tricked him and we had him on the leash before he knew what happened. We thought everyone would like to see how we decided to take charge of the situation........


We decided to let LUKE be in charge!!!!

We do want to say thank you to everyone for keeping Glada in your prayers. We hope to have good news to post tomorrow!! A lot of people have been keeping up with her thru this blog. It did take us a little while to figure out who is in Italy checking in.......Hey Denny!!!! Please be safe in your travels!

Until tomorrow...........

Update......

Glada was moved out of ICU early afternoon. If you'd like to call the hospital, the number is 785.623.2270 . They also have an toll free number which is 800.248.0073 . As of right now, her room is #2207. She is not allowed to get up out of bed by herself yet. If she does not answer the phone....the nurse forgot to put the phone in her reach.

She is starting to feel better as she is "bored" and "wants to go home". So please feel free to give her a call. I'm sure if she is not up to talking for long....she will let you know. We do not know how long she will be in the hospital, but I'm sure if will be at least a few more days.

Roger brought Bucky up from the farm and he is investigating his new home away from home. Audrey is at Hays now with Glada's cats. And Jon and Maxine are taking care of the farm for a few days for us. THANKS Jon and Maxine!!!!!

Update.....

Evening update from Audrey...... Glada is doing much better. They are limiting her food and drink intake to very little as they don't want to take the chance of anything going into her lungs. If she is a "good girl" this evening, they will be moving her out of ICU tomorrow.

Starting tomorrow I will only be updating once a day in the evening.

Update.....

3pm update from Vicki......Glada is doing much better. They removed the breathing tube. The nurses had her up and walking some. (They get to you fast!) She even got a few bites of jello down. Audrey was to be going in for the 4pm visit. If everything goes well tonight she will moved out of ICU and into a different "step down" area that her doctor uses tomorrow.

Grandma Ummel........

Ok....... I'm going to try to get this all right. And if I'm off a little, please bear with me as I will try to be as correct as possible ..................................................................................................... A few weeks ago the Doctors found a spot on Roger's Mom's right lung. After all the tests and results, they scheduled surgery for yesterday morning. She was to be at the hospital at 11am. At about 3:50pm they took her in. They found the spot and it was decided that they would remove her upper right lobe. Glada got out of surgery around 5:30pm and is in ICU. The Doctor told Roger, Vicki and Audrey that the results will be back on Tuesday. At that time they will know if she will need chemotherapy or radiation. So we are being VERY positive that they DID indeed remove it all. When we left the hospital last night their concern was that she still had a lot of blood coming out of the drain tube. At 1am this morning the hospital called and told Roger that they were taking Glada back into surgery. She was still losing too much blood. They found two spots that they fixed. She was going to be kept sedated thru the night.

The report from Vickie this morning..... Glada's color was much better. She was still on the breathing machine. They are planning on taking the tube out late this morning or sometime this afternoon. Audrey was to be there this afternoon. As of this typing I have no new information. When Roger gets off work today we will be putting up an additional fence so that we can keep Grandpa's dog Bucky here at our house. This will allow Audrey to take Grandma's cats to her house and then she can be there right at Hays with Glada. And she can also get to her job too. We are probably looking at least a week before Glada will be going home, but as you know.....only time can tell.

I do plan on keeping all family and friends updated by this site as we receive information. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call Roger, Vickie or Audrey.
Roger...home...785.743.2943
Roger...cell.. 785.731.6043
Vicki....home... 316.832.2877
Vicki....cell... 316.239.8191
Audrey...home...785.625.4142

Please do keep Glada in your prayers!!!!