Jennifer, Courtney, & I spent Friday night and all day Saturday with Glen & Peggy doing some yardwork, garage cleaning, and errand running before Glen's surgery and recovery.
Kelsey came home Saturday night and we had a good time with her yesterday. Courtney loved having her home and being able to play outside. She went back to WKU last night, but will be coming back tonight so that she can take Courtney to school tomorrow and spend some time with us at the hospital before she heads back to WKU for her piano recital for her piano class. Praying for travel mercies while she is on the road. :-)
Glen & Peggy will be coming to Nashville this afternoon to check into a hotel, so that Glen will be close by and not have to travel in the wee hours of the morning. Jennifer and I are going to pick them up and take them to the hospital around 5:45 tomorrow and the surgery should start somewhere around 8 AM. He is first on the list, so that is about as close to a sure starting time as any.
I will update this site throughout the day tomorrow as we get more information during the surgery. I hope that this will be a good way to inform everyone with the same information and not have to worry about missing someone or forgetting some information.
Please keep all of us in your prayers tonight. tomorrow, and for the next several days or weeks during recovery. I pray that God will guide the surgeons during the surgery, will wrap His arms around us and give us comfort and peace while we await updates, will give Glen the strength and resolve to fight this cancer and make a quick and successful recovery, and help Glen to know how much he is loved and respected by his family and the many people he has touched and helped throughout his life.
You are an amazing man Glen Moore. We love you very much and I am so proud to be your son-in-law. God bless you immensely.
Please feel free to leave comments here and I will pass them along later to Glen and the family.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
What's going on with the Queen Family?
Well it has been forever since I last updated this site, so I figure I will just let everyone know what is currently going on and can fill in details about the last year in later posts. I have also been asked to use this site to update our family and friends on Glen's progress during his surgery and recovery, so I will start posting updates for that later as well.
Kelsey is finishing up her freshman year at Western Kentucky University. She is currently majoring in Musical Theatre, but is considering options for possibly transferring to Tennessee Tech next year to pursue a degree in Nursing. She has always had an interest in both, but wanted to pursue the Musical Theatre degree first to see if she really wanted to pursue that as a career or as a passion she can do for fun. She visited TTU last week with Jennifer and met the Nursing Director and got some good feedback about the possibilities of getting into the program. This is one time that Courtney's condition and medical history that Kelsey has been exposed to actually work in her favor, since she has already been around the hospital and nursing so much already and actually changed a trach and Mic-key button over the years.
Courtney is doing well healthwise, but we are now having to add a thickener to any liquids that she drinks. The doctors discovered that after her velopharangeal flap surgery and her back surgery, she is now aspirating again with any thin liquids. She also eats a basically soft food diet, where we either puree foods or it is something soft. She is back to bowling in leagues again and we actually bowled together in a league this past year. She is finishing up her 8th grade year and will be going to McGavock High School next year (I know I can't believe it either). She misses Kelsey while she is away at college and really loves it when she comes home.
Jennifer is playing in 2 tennis leagues and is working a little more these days at JK. She still takes Courtney back and forth to school, her doctor appointments, and to work with her when she is out of school.
I have been doing well for the most part, but have added stress in my life right now as I am now looking for a new job. After 21 years at the same place, my job is being moved to India and my last day is Friday, May 4th. Although this is a big change in my life and I had gotten very comfortable there, I think this is God's plan and I am looking forward to what he has in store for me. I have many contacts that I am reaching out to for assistance in finding another job and have a few leads already.
As I said earlier, I may fill in some details that have happened over the past year in other posts, but that is where we are right now.
Of course the biggest thing that is going on in our life right now is helping Peggy and Glen prepare for Glen's surgery on May 1st. He will be having surgery to remove cancer in his esophagus at Centennial and will be in the hospital at least 8 days up to possibly 4 weeks. I will give more details and updates in posts specifically for him beginning on Tuesday, May 1st.
Thank you for checking in on our family and feel free to use the comment section to give messages to Peggy or Glen during his surgery and recovery.
Kelsey is finishing up her freshman year at Western Kentucky University. She is currently majoring in Musical Theatre, but is considering options for possibly transferring to Tennessee Tech next year to pursue a degree in Nursing. She has always had an interest in both, but wanted to pursue the Musical Theatre degree first to see if she really wanted to pursue that as a career or as a passion she can do for fun. She visited TTU last week with Jennifer and met the Nursing Director and got some good feedback about the possibilities of getting into the program. This is one time that Courtney's condition and medical history that Kelsey has been exposed to actually work in her favor, since she has already been around the hospital and nursing so much already and actually changed a trach and Mic-key button over the years.
Courtney is doing well healthwise, but we are now having to add a thickener to any liquids that she drinks. The doctors discovered that after her velopharangeal flap surgery and her back surgery, she is now aspirating again with any thin liquids. She also eats a basically soft food diet, where we either puree foods or it is something soft. She is back to bowling in leagues again and we actually bowled together in a league this past year. She is finishing up her 8th grade year and will be going to McGavock High School next year (I know I can't believe it either). She misses Kelsey while she is away at college and really loves it when she comes home.
Jennifer is playing in 2 tennis leagues and is working a little more these days at JK. She still takes Courtney back and forth to school, her doctor appointments, and to work with her when she is out of school.
I have been doing well for the most part, but have added stress in my life right now as I am now looking for a new job. After 21 years at the same place, my job is being moved to India and my last day is Friday, May 4th. Although this is a big change in my life and I had gotten very comfortable there, I think this is God's plan and I am looking forward to what he has in store for me. I have many contacts that I am reaching out to for assistance in finding another job and have a few leads already.
As I said earlier, I may fill in some details that have happened over the past year in other posts, but that is where we are right now.
Of course the biggest thing that is going on in our life right now is helping Peggy and Glen prepare for Glen's surgery on May 1st. He will be having surgery to remove cancer in his esophagus at Centennial and will be in the hospital at least 8 days up to possibly 4 weeks. I will give more details and updates in posts specifically for him beginning on Tuesday, May 1st.
Thank you for checking in on our family and feel free to use the comment section to give messages to Peggy or Glen during his surgery and recovery.
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