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Today I want to re-share a blog about my dear departed husband, Wayne!  It was written just after he started radiation for esophageal cancer, on August 29th, 2015, and he lived to February, 21, 2016, about 6 months.       This is one of my favorite photos of him, his missionary photo, 1950. 491. My husband Wayne D Eckman, twin with Blaine, has esophageal cancer, dialysis, and 9 lives! Wayne D Eckman, and his 9 lives!   He will be 85 this September 18th, and on September 24th we will have been married 60 years.  I want to record our latest adventure with my husband Wayne D Eckman, and add updates often.   He started radiation for esophageal cancer just yesterday, and had a treatment again today, and also today will have a dialysis treatment.   This entry below was only the 3rd entry I put in my new blog, which I started Nov. 14, 2013.  Then I will add some recent history. ------------------ ...

I haven't written for a few days.  I had the chance to ride down to the lower part of Arizona and visit Blaine's wife, Joyce.  She is a beloved sister-in-law I haven't seen for many years. Wayne's major last health problems began in 2015.  This photo is of Wayne and me on our mission to Sweden, and sister Inge Britt Soderstrom, who had rickets badly as a child.  It left her very crippled, but she had such a sense of humor, and beautiful spirit!   --------------------------------------- This was posted on Feb. 17, 2015, 2 years ago - My husband, Wayne D Eckman, see blog #233 on Sept. 18, 2014, and blog # 109, Mar. 1, 2014 to see pictures of him and his twin brother Blaine, and more.   He absolutely loves the Book of Mormon,  and today I'm going over to see him in the Intensive Care Unit of the St. George Hospital.  He has had problems with his lungs, kidneys and a blood clot, etc.  He is improving, but last night he asked me to ...

Wayne D Eckman, and his 9 lives!  He will be 85 this September 18th, and on September 24th we will have been married 60 years.  I want to record our latest adventure with my husband Wayne D Eckman, and add updates often.   He started radiation for esophageal cancer just yesterday, and had a treatment again today, and also today will have a dialysis treatment.  This entry below was only the 3rd entry I put in my new blog, which I started Nov. 14, 2013.  Then I will add some recent history. ------------------ Wayne and Blaine were born  identical twins on September 18, 1930 in Murray, Utah.  I was born October 6, 1934, in St. George, Utah.  The twins were not expected to live the night and so were given a name and a special Priesthood blessing that night.  They were blessed then to live a mature life, and fulfill their missions on this earth.  Blaine fulfilled his and has passed on to a better place.  Wayne has had open heart sur...