Giving Thanks for a Life

For those of you who follow our Blog, but do not know, My (Calie) family has had a tough few weeks. It all started the Monday after Thanksgiving when my Dad's right leg went numb, followed by the whole right side of his body. He called my Mom who got him to the hospital. After many tests it was confirmed that he has a brain tumor. They kept him over night and he had a great day on Tuesday and Wednesday. The plan was to do surgery the next Monday.

On Wednesday night he had a bad headache, and within minutes of the onset had another siezure. He was taken to the hospital, and then airlifted to Mayo Hospital. They were going to do surgery when he got there, but they took a closer look and determined that the tumor was cancer, and had hemmorraged. We took the machines off of him early on Friday morning. He was moved from the ICU to another quiter floor where we stayed throughout the weekend.

On Tuesday morning he was transferred to the hospital in my hometown, St. Peter. He remains there. He has regained consousness and is speaking a little bit. The waiting will continue until the tumor takes over the rest of his brain and shuts his body down.

For now, there is nothing that anyone can do, and we are treasuring each day that we have him with us. It has been a VERY long week, and I am still not sure what day it is, but we are managing. SInce I do not get to update this site very often, you can check out our caring bridge site, http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/daveseitzer

Thanks for the prayers.

Calie