Crossing the Andes

We are so happy that our companions successfully crossed the Andes. And we are only sorry that we could not be with them this year. Can't wait to see the rest of the photos. Congratulations to Chris, James and Nick.

A Report from Luke

Ellen and I have just returned home from our trip to Denver for her first chemotherapy session. She is sleeping. The staff preceded the treatment with a considerable number of warnings about possible immediate side effects and adverse reactions, and made her sign a bunch of releases. This made both of us a bit apprehensive. …

meal train

our wonderful friend Kim started a meal train for us. this is they link:  mealtrain.com/zed9eo ( I think) we appreciate all the help!  (don't feel obligated to participate)

From Both of Us

Ellen and Luke both want to share some information and some thoughts. First, the information. Ellen is now diagnosed as having peritoneal cancer. She will have a series of six chemotherapy treatments, three weeks apart. The first one is Monday, at Swedish Hospital in Denver. Second, some thoughts. We of course had no warning where …

Suerte

Nuestros amigos y familiares estan empezando hoy el cruce de los Andes de pie desde Mendoza a Chile. Tuvimos gran deseo de acompañarlos. Les esperamos todo exito, que pasen seguros en el camino, y que nos envien las fotos después.

De Ellen

Hola todos. Luke es muy bueno escribiendo… espero que las traducciones con Google sean pasables. Hemos creado este sitio para poner a los amigos y familia al día, y también para que ustedes puedan escribir y preguntar. De otra manera pasamos todo el tiempo escuchando un sonido de nuestros teléfonos cuando alguien envía un mensaje. …

Today in Argentina

So as many of you know, we were supposed to be in Argentina today with our brother in law Chris Reed, our nephew Nick Petrick, and our friends James Woods and Felicity Hannay. They all landed a few days ago in Santiago, Chile. Yesterday they all took the bus over the Andes to the beautiful …

Ellen’s Birthday

Yesterday was Ellen's 59th birthday. It was wonderful to get the messages of support from people in Denmark, Argentina, from here in the USA and elsewhere. There was a coca healing ceremony on the Island of Taquile in Lake Titicaca. We had an impromptu party here at home, and a number of our wonderful Gunnison …

  17 de marzo, 2019 Hola, Un saludo desde aquí.  El lunes 11 de marzo tuve mi primera sesión de quimioterapia y la toleré muy bien.  Fue un día largo en Denver porque tenían que ir despacito por si había alguna reacción alérgica.  Todo bien. El martes 12 regresamos a casa y el miércoles 13 …