Bud lost his valiant battle with leukemia late Thursday night, 12 August 2010. Many loved ones were in attendance.
As all you know, Bud was an amazing husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He was the type of person who knew no strangers, just friends he hadn't met. We will all miss his positive attitude, sense of humor, generosity and kindness.
At Bud's request there will be no services. If you would like to help us celebrate Bud's life, please make a contribution to the Hayfork Scholarship Foundation, PO Box 1341, or the Hayfork Volunteer Fire Department Building Fund, PO Box 613 (Hayfork, CA 96041)
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Saturday, 12 June 2010
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS!
Since our last "blog" we've been busy at the cabin trying to get all of our permit renewal issues handled with the US Forest Service. A long list . . . some very small; some large, like building a new acceptable sized shed. With the family's help, it will all be done by Sept. l.
Bud has had monthly transfusions that have kept him on his wheels. Starts running out of energy toward the end of the month but doing well. Yesterday was the one year anniversary of his diagnosis so we feel incredibly lucky. We all need to remember that every day is a gift . . . that's why they call it "the present!"
We went to Livermore with Sharron and Kayla to visit Jay and Laure and attend a matinee performance of "Wicked" . . . what a treat. Jay and Laure are always good hosts and we had a great visit.
On our 54th Wedding Anniversary we went down to the Turtle Bay aea and took a tour via the Segway travelers. What fun; would recommend it for anyone. We plan on going back for the longer upriver tour.
That's it for this time . . . take care of and enjoy each other. Love and hugs, Bud & Betty
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Time is getting short
February, 2010
We dodged our first "bullet" . . . Bud started running a fever on Saturday, January 30 and ended up at Mercy Hospital. Constant IV's of antibiotics and saline plus four units of blood and one of platelets got him back on his wheels. We got him out of Mercy on Wednesday feeling a little worse for wear but happy to be home.
His biggest disappointment is having to cancel our road trip to Arizona for February.
The next problem "arose" the next week when Bud developed a large lump under his armpit . . . back to Mercy. More antibiotics, blood, tests; never any fever (?) which left a lot of open ended questions. The up shot is: we learned a lot of things it wasn't but not what it was! Because he had no fever, he was sent home with a "wait and see" program. The lump has all but disappeared now, and we're back on a good path again . . . one day at a time! Looking forward to a "non-event" March!
Betty and I traveled to the cabin Sunday Feb 21 the South Fork and all of the surroundings are ready for Bud and Betty to go home. All is well in the cabin , no broken water pipes, no leaks, we took a few minutes and put the water in from the spring to cabin. A major chore for Bud to get to the spring but he made it. His strength is getting better each day. Our summer will be quite busy as we are going to bring the cabin into compliance with the land use lease agrement. The compliance thing will give us sometning to focus on, also plan for things we can change that will make the cabin even better.
We dodged our first "bullet" . . . Bud started running a fever on Saturday, January 30 and ended up at Mercy Hospital. Constant IV's of antibiotics and saline plus four units of blood and one of platelets got him back on his wheels. We got him out of Mercy on Wednesday feeling a little worse for wear but happy to be home.
His biggest disappointment is having to cancel our road trip to Arizona for February.
The next problem "arose" the next week when Bud developed a large lump under his armpit . . . back to Mercy. More antibiotics, blood, tests; never any fever (?) which left a lot of open ended questions. The up shot is: we learned a lot of things it wasn't but not what it was! Because he had no fever, he was sent home with a "wait and see" program. The lump has all but disappeared now, and we're back on a good path again . . . one day at a time! Looking forward to a "non-event" March!
Betty and I traveled to the cabin Sunday Feb 21 the South Fork and all of the surroundings are ready for Bud and Betty to go home. All is well in the cabin , no broken water pipes, no leaks, we took a few minutes and put the water in from the spring to cabin. A major chore for Bud to get to the spring but he made it. His strength is getting better each day. Our summer will be quite busy as we are going to bring the cabin into compliance with the land use lease agrement. The compliance thing will give us sometning to focus on, also plan for things we can change that will make the cabin even better.
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