Thursday, May 11, 2006

Today was a bit better

The new meds are really working for Jas. He hasn't had to take any break thru painkillers. That's such a bonus! He still has no pain at all. He is happy about that too.
This morning, a social worker called from Cancer Care and I spoke with her for an hour. Most of it was just going over the past 3 months and we also talked about Brady too. She told me something that I really never thought of. That Brady will mourn Jason over the years as he grows up. She suggested I take lots of pics and have Daddy play with him as much as he can. Also as the years go by, tell Braydon all about Jason, little stories, that Daddy loved him, loved me, etc. So glad that he will have a child therapist here in Dauphin. The social worker is going to call me again next Tuesday afternoon.
Heard from the cancer care volunteer here in Dauphin. Am meeting with her tomorrow afternoon. She sounds really nice on the phone.
Lori called me today and we had a great chat. She is such a great person. I'm so glad I have her in my life. She knows exactly what to say and when and has told me so much that I had no clue about. She is definitely my long lost sister! I can't wait to meet her.
Jason and I went to a lawyer to get our wills drawn up. Got everything in order. Executor, Guardian of Brady, power of attorney, and then also some medical legal forms for Jason. It was tough, but we got thru and are very glad we finally got wills done. I suggest everyone and anyone with children should have a will. Our lawyer went to school with Jason's cousin so he waived the fee of the wills. Course he'll be getting our other business, ie. when we buy a house this summer.
That's another thing. For obvious reasons, we're not going with what our dream is of building on land close to Riding Mountain. We're just going to buy a cozy house right in town here. I want to be able to make this house a home for us and Jason to enjoy and he'll have no worries about Braydon and I afterwards.
I decided that I'm going to create a scrapbook journal of Jason and Brady and have little quotes and sayings from Jason to Braydon in it. He's totally for it too. It's something that I think Braydon will treasure immensley when he's a bit older.
Now I just got get back my scrapbook mojo. It's a tweaking but I still am not in there scrappin!

2 comments:

Vanessa said...

Jodi, I am happy to hear that today is a bit better for you and your family. I think your plan of the scrapbook and writing down memories and stories is definately going to be a treasured book-it will be such a special thing to have.

Nicole Nowosad said...

I think your idea is just fabulous. It is something that you and your son will have forever to cherish. What a great way to honour your husband.