These two years have not been kind to us, over and above what our world has experienced due to Covid-19. Early in the pandemic in April 2020, we lost my mother, Hua-nien Chien Yin. She was 101 so it was certainly not unexpected but her last month was very sad because the nursing home she was in locked down, as they should have, and we were not able to go visit in person nor to take her out for dinner as we had been doing every week for as long as she was there. I think she lost the will to live when she could no longer see us.
Then in the late summer of 2020 our beloved Maple was diagnosed with a very aggressive and deadly cancer on her heart with only months to live. We decided to try to do as much as we could which meant radiation therapy (in St Paul, MN) and then chemotherapy here. We lost her in July, 2021.
But the worst is that Lil was also diagnosed with a stage 4 gall bladder cancer in late January, 2021. It had already metastasized to other organs so surgery was not an option. She has also been having chemo since February. With the pandemic still raging unpredictably, we have been able to come up to our cabin on the island and enjoy nature in the northwoods. As these photos show, we have been able to enjoy nature, despite our medical issues.
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