Saturday, February 23, 2008

We love grandpa!

Last week, we got the news that Jimmy's grandpa Walt was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. The Kollers are very close to their grandparents so this was very hard for everyone. A couple days after getting the news, Jimmy, Vanessa and I flew out to Vancouver to see him and be with the family.

While there, we were able to spend time at the hospital with the whole family which was nice. Due to his age of 95 years, and the cancer's late and aggressive state, he will be able to spend these last few months at home in the care of his family with only treatment for pain. We are very grateful for Jimmy's sister Dianna and his mom Kathy, who will mostly be taking care of grandma and grandpa, with the help of hospice. We love grandma and grandpa and are praying for them!

These are a couple pictures from the hospital (Dianna and Jimmy, then Jimmy's dad a.k.a. Gangster Bob) and the last one is of Jimmy's parent's backyard one beautiful morning.

2 comments:

Mary Grace said...

di-nan!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE BLOGGING! looking good, whens the bebe due?
:) love you long time....

Gail B said...

Dad Koller looks totally "G". He is way tight.

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