ODC 61 Pessimism turned into optimism
This photo goes with yesterday's, and just happens to fit today's theme. Many of you wondered what my husband was making in yesterday's photo, so I thought I'd take a picture to show you. This is a 2 1/2" scale rail truck he is making, and it is modeled after a real one. It will run on 7 1/2" wide track. He started this project last September, and at the time he was pessimistic about whether or not he'd live long enough to finish it. He had just been through 2 rounds of intensive chemotherapy and it wasn't working. Last summer, spring and fall were really rough, as he went through a total of 4 different cancer treatments, none of which were successful in stopping his cancer's progression. By September we were starting to feel pretty pessimistic. He started this project because he needed something to work on, and maybe there was a little bit of optimism there that he would be able to finish it. But in November he started in a clinical trial using a new cancer drug that has proven to be highly effective. His cancer is regressing, he's feeling great, and we are optimistic that he will not just finish this project, but live to finish a few more.
There are some more photos in the comments.
ODC 61 Pessimism turned into optimism
This photo goes with yesterday's, and just happens to fit today's theme. Many of you wondered what my husband was making in yesterday's photo, so I thought I'd take a picture to show you. This is a 2 1/2" scale rail truck he is making, and it is modeled after a real one. It will run on 7 1/2" wide track. He started this project last September, and at the time he was pessimistic about whether or not he'd live long enough to finish it. He had just been through 2 rounds of intensive chemotherapy and it wasn't working. Last summer, spring and fall were really rough, as he went through a total of 4 different cancer treatments, none of which were successful in stopping his cancer's progression. By September we were starting to feel pretty pessimistic. He started this project because he needed something to work on, and maybe there was a little bit of optimism there that he would be able to finish it. But in November he started in a clinical trial using a new cancer drug that has proven to be highly effective. His cancer is regressing, he's feeling great, and we are optimistic that he will not just finish this project, but live to finish a few more.
There are some more photos in the comments.