David and Maureen Thiessen: Edmonton trip

November 15, 2005

Edmonton trip

Well, we're back from Edmonton - we went on a little road trip on Wednesday of last week to take Mom Esau to the Cross Cancer Clinic there for her regular CAT scan and MRI. The scans showed no change in the tumor in the last 4 months - disappointing that things are not improving at all, but it is also good to know that things are not currently getting worse either. We finished with the appointments Thursday evening but stayed in Edmonton until Sunday morning as my parents drove up from Saskatchewan to spend the weekend there with us

The Canadian Finals Rodeo was going on in Edmonton over this last weekend and we managed to score some tickets at the last minute so all of us could go on Saturday afternoon. It was Awesome!! We were only 12 rows up from the chutes and got to watch the best cowboys in Canada compete in all the different events. The only downer of the afternoon was when one of the bull-riders got thrown off and smashed in the face by the bull's forehead...it is pretty unsettling to see someone staggering around spitting out all their teeth on slow motion on the big screen.....but other than that it was a really fun experience. We have a bunch of pics from that and from the last little while that I'd love to post...but I'm not sure when we'll get to town next. I'll let you know when they're up.

Posted by David at November 15, 2005 11:18 AM