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e were invited for dinner with my family and during the dinner i had noticed that my brother was sort of under the weather healthwise i didn t think more of it until later in the month when i found out he wasn t eating well he is single and lives with my parents and could hardly keep anything down at first we thought this was a stomach bug that had been going around but after two weeks it had become a bit suspicious and i kept telling him to go and see the doctor he had then made an appointment to go an see the gp but had to wait for another week for that appointment shortly before my daughters birthday on november 28th he had come for a visit and i could tell that he was in agony with pain so i insisted that he would go to the er and get checked out there luckily he decided to finally do as i said and he wasn t allowed back home after the check up but was sent to the hospital for a better check up after a various tests the doctor found a big tumor in the stomach he was then admitted to the hospital for more tests and stayed there for more than 2 weeks the type of the cancer is lymphoma wich will be treated by chemo thearpy he has finished the first cycle and things are going pretty well and we are trying to be optimystic about the future but it didn t end there while we are all dealing with the fact that my brother is sick and waiting for the diagnose for him my father gets sick with what we thought at first was the flu that was going around he got a bad cough and wheezing which the doctor thought was pneumonia and put him on a doze of penicillin he finished that doze but didn t feel any better when he contacted the doctor again she called him in and wanted to do some tests on him she draw some blood and put him in a lung x ray scan they found something suspicious there so he had a mri scan where they found a tumor in each lung he was admitted to the hospital a few days later for additional tests when the results were back it turned out to be a small cell lung cancer and he has one big tumor in the right lung another smaller in the left lung and two tumors in the abdomen he has started chemo therapy started last week he won t be getting a full force chemo therapy as he health age etc would t permit it so he has been put on smaller dosages to keep the cancer down but it is not enough to cure the cancer this came as a big blow to us all and we are still processing the information i ve been the one who has been taking him to see the doctors and i will be following him though with the chemo therapy i find it very difficult most of the time but i wouldn t want to have it any other way so i would like to ask you if you do pray please add us to your prayers as we really need this right now i am trying to stay optimystic about it all and trying to be the one who cheers everybody else along but i have my moments where i just break down i hope you will have a good year ahead of you and i wish you all the best of good health love and happiness for the new year all the best to you all posted in uncategorized 13 comments out of order october 31 2009 by icelandmom that is what i have been feeling like for the last 2 weeks i came down with the swine flu and have been feeling miserable up until today i consulted a doctor at the beginning and he precscribed tamiflu which made the fever drop but i kept on running a fever and finally went to the doctor again yesterday he thought i had developed a sinus infection and prescribed some antibiotics and nose spray i must admit that i am feeling a lot better today and i am pretty sure that i am not running a fever today so hopefully i ll be able to return to work on monday fingers crossed i haven t been able to stitch or knit anything while being sick as i have had this splitting headache the whole time which didn t help so i have no stitching or knitting updates this time but i received another lovely birthday present from susan she sent me a chart from my wishlish circe de cercle i can t wait to fit it into my stitching routine as it has been on my wishlist for the longest time have you seen the new lhn ornament series it is so lovely i found out that vonna has made a sal blog for those who are planning to stitch those ornaments and i have joined i couldn t resist i have also put myself on auto ship to receive those every month the sal blog is called little house needleworks ornament sal you can visit it by clicking the link i can t wait to receive the first shipment and start working on it well i m going to leave you all for now hope to have a stitching update for you soon all the best edda posted in uncategorized 4 comments stitching bloggers birthday club october 18 2009 by icelandmom i ve saved the best for last i belong to the stitching bloggers birthday club this is the second year that i am a member of this group and i must say i really love it i have enjoyed making special gifts for special ladies and i have really loved the gifts that i have received this year i received my gift from stephanie in england it arrived well before my birthday but i didn t get to the post office to pick it up until after i came back home from my trip to london i got quite excited on my way back home from the post office seeing the return address on the big box was stephanie s i had sent her an crazy exchange once and the return exchange she sent back was so beautifully stitched and finished once i opened my gift i was in for a special surprise i couldn t believe my own eyes the box was filled with lots of small packets everything wrapped individually and whow stephanie well and truly spoiled me at my birthday so many stitching treats stephanie had stitched me not one but 5 items she chose to stitch from autumn leaves by the prairie schooler she made me a beautiful pinkeep a needlebook a scissor fob and two thread keepers everything is so beautifully stitched and finished those items are just perfect here is a picture of the stitched items and the box was filled with extra goodies i received 2 lovely fabric pieces 2 pieces of cotton fabric for finishing and another piece of fleece fabric some monster magnets 2 blocks of chocolate lots of ribbons a lovely orange thread some thicker ribbons some pins for finishing metal rings a beautiful floral box that i put my ribbons in and lots of balloons some birthday candles and confetti here is a picture and this wasn t all as stephanie also sent me 3 patterns from my wish list alphabeth pumpkin by jbw designs christmas biscornu by just nan and where stitchers gather by the victoria sampler and she also sent the threads and embellishments needed for where stitchers gather words can t really describe the feeling i felt when i had opened all my gifts and saw all this stitching stash sitting in front of me i was overwhelmed thank you ever so much stephanie you have made my birthday very special this year and i wish i could give you a hug and thank you properly i really love my birthday gift from you i am truly being spoiled by you thank you thank you thank you posted in birthday gifts 5 comments more birthday gifts october 18 2009 by icelandmom i received some more beautiful birthday gifts from the girls of bd group that i belong to i ve been with some of the ladies in the group for 2 years from felicity i received from jillann i received from judith i received from kay i received from lorrie i received from maggie i received from taryn i received as you can see from my previous posts i ve had a birthday filled with wonderful stash i ll post one more post about my birthday stash so keep an eye on my blog posted in birthday gifts leave a comment birthday gift from ina october 18 2009 by icelandmom i was in a private birthday exchange with ina from the crazy exchange group ina had already had her birthday in august so i had sent her a birthday gift ina sent me a beautiful birthday gift her stitching is so beautiful and the finishing is just perfect here is a picture of the stitched ball and another picture of the whole exchange thank you ever so much for this beautiful gift ina i really love it posted in birthday gifts leave a comment birthday celebrations october 18 2009 by icelandmom can t believe how quickly the weeks seem to pass since i ve posted here the last time i ve had my birthday and birthday celebrations on october 11th i had a big birthday i turned 40 years old this time we decided to celebrate in london england just the two of us so on october 8th we left for london my husband and i we had an intienary full of exciting things and i got to plan the trip mostly we spent 6 wonderful days in london the day we arrived thursday we just walked around went for a walk in bayswater and ended up in st james s park which is my favourite park to visit in london and of course we caught a glimpse of trafalgar square and picadilly circus we woke up early on friday morning had a full english breakfast at the hotel before leaving to visit the knitting stitching show at alexandra palace this was the first time that i go to a show like that i really enjoyed myself i did some stash buying as well not a lot but some i got 5 different pieces of fabric 32ct linen in natural colours i also bought some buttons and ribbons wdw and gast for a project that i am going to start soon and when visiting the michael powell stall we bought one of his kits it is called cottage garden 1 i also bought a magazine the world of cross stitching friday evening we met up with 2 stitching friends from belgium and their husbands it was lovely to meet iris and pascale from the crazy exchange group we found out that we were all in london at the same time so iris s husband booked a table at a lovely chinese restaurant we spent a lovely evening together early saturday morning we went to greenwich it is the second time that i ve been there and i really love it there we saw the old naval royal college the ceiling there is so beautifully painted later in the day we went to covent garden where we met another stitching friend carol we had a lovely time carol had found 2 beading shops in the area and we visited them both together i came away with some beads after that we sat down and had coffe it was so wonderful to meet carol again sunday was my 40th birthday we had decided to spend the day outside london so early in the morning we went to paddington station and bought train tickets to oxford we arrived in oxford in the rain did a trip with the sightseeing bus which was lovely as it managed to stay dry during the 1 hour drive it was a good way to start the day by this tour as we had a wonderful live guide who told us about the college buildings and other interesting information about oxford it was raining until midday we walked around oxford after buying a couple of umbrellas later we found a lovely little cafe where we had english afternoon tea it was simply delicious with sandwiches scones with jam and clotted cream coffe cake and of course some wonderful english tea once we had finished the tea the rain had cleared and we saw some sunny skies again we climbed the stair up to the tower of one of the colleges and saw the beautiful view from the top we finished the day by walking down to the canal to enjoy the view of the narrowboats and dreaming of another narrowboat holiday similar to the one we had last year we caught a train back to london in the evening and came back very tired but satisfied with a great day monday was spent shopping we went to oxford street and did the shopping we had planned to do i bought some new clothes for the girls and something for myself as well tuesday morning we checked out of our room at the hotel we could keep our luggage at the hotel as our flight back home wasn t until the evening we finished the shopping went to a small knitting shop close to carnaby street called all the fun of the fair i bought some buttons there and also some bubble yarns to make fun scarfs for the girls in the afternoon we went back to the airport to pick up our luggage before going back to the airport with the train it was a fantastic trip and we enjoyed a lot spending few days together just the two of us my mother moved into our flat while we were away to take care of the girls before we left rúnar and the girls had given me my birthday gift for the longest time i had been wanting to stitch something icelandic and i had a special project in mind that i liked this project is called riddarateppi or translated the knights wall hanging well when i opened my gift that is what i received the pattern of the riddarateppi and all the material i need to complete it here is a picture of the wall hanging how it is supposed to look when it is finished and this is a picture of the material needed the yarn that is used for it is icelandic wool it is very big and will take long time to finish it is stitched in old icelandic cross stitch long armed cross stitch i ll put in pictures of other gifts that i received in a few more posts so keep on visiting my page for updates posted in birthday gifts cross stitch travel 2 comments some more stitching to show september 23 2009 by icelandmom i stitched some more today and quite enjoyed it i was feeling much better today no fever less caughing but still some headache and being tired i am going back to work tomorrow hope i ll stay ok this morning i finished my slot for under the friendship tree by mirabilia i really enjoyed it i finished the cross stitch in the flowers apples on the top and started stitching on the dress of one of the little girls this is how it looked like as i packed it away this morning after taking a nap how refreshing it was i decided to dig up the oakhaven sal that i started at the beginning of the year i did quite well until i had finished april but then things started to slip but now i intend to finish it quite quickly i finished of may today and it was less than an hour stitching it is looking pretty now i just have to post my picture on the list and request june now i have to decide what i want to stitch next i saw a very pretty christmas sal that has just started and i think i might just start that maybe later tonight we ll se about that anyway i am off to send the girls to bed all the best to you posted in cross stitch happy dance rotation sal 4 comments older posts search for may 2026 m t w t f s s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 may pages blogs i visit edda s wishlist finished in 2009 my rotation latest posts more house pictures blowing the dust off my blog in memory bittersweet advent and christmas out of order a a select category allt í kross 2 birthday gifts 7 camping 6 cross stitch 127 emotions 4 exchange 41 family 85 game 1 happy dance 55 hardanger 3 hoe 2 jaynes attic friends 8 knitting 14 mirabilia 3 model 2 musings 2 quizzes 1 rotation 35 round robin 21 sal 16 sbq 1 stash 10 thanks 16 this and that 91 travel 33 trouble 1 ufo tuesday 39 uncategorized 44 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