HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL

The past three days have been uneventful. After the blood
transfusions on Friday evening, Michael has been a different
person. He said if he had known how much better he would
feel, he would have let them give him one on Wednesday
night at the emergency room when they wanted to.
He has been up and about in the house, with a few
periods for resting. His attitude has got a lot
better and his color is excellent. Hair is almost
gone with just a little stubble here and there.
He is pretty much slick on his face and his head except
for his eyebrows. They are still thick and red.
I think he has shaved once since starting chemo.
He never liked to shave. We had labs drawn today,
but no one there to give a report so guess we will
have to wait until tomorrow. Evidently they weren't
too bad or we would have hear from the nurse on duty.
I mowed about 3/4 of my brother-in-laws back yard which
he lives on an acre this morning. This is hard on an old
woman who hasn't had much exercise in the past couple
of months. Thought this was the least I could do for
letting us move in on him. We can stay home tomorrow
all day which is quite a change from all the days up to
now. Nothing scheduled. Wednesday we have lab drawn again
and a visit with the internal medicine doctor for our final
checkup from the fever we went to the hospital with on
Wednesday night of last week. Thursday is our big day!!!!!!
We are going to see what the first two rounds of chemo have
done. Have a id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PETCT scan and a regular
CT Scan that day. The PetCT will tell us every little place this
cancer is in Michael's body. This is the first PetCT
we have had since we have been here. Pray for the best
results possible. The regular CT Scan will tell us
how much the cancer has shrunk in his pelvic, spine,
leg bone and lungs. Michael said it would certainly be
nice if they found no sign of any Cancer or ever having
any Cancer. We are thinking positive. Hopefully, we
will be able to sneak home for a couple of days this weekend.
Haven't made any plans so far, depending on what his labs do
Wednesday. Don't want to get home and wish we hadn't left here.
We want to thank everyone for calling us. It certainly is
nice to hear from people you love and appreciate. Call
when you can. Michael likes to call people and just hear
their voices. He certainly misses all the customers at
the store and I miss the CITY OF OLNEY.

A verse I have found to be a great comfort in my life the past
week is Joshua 1:9 ("Have
I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do
not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with
you wherever you go".) I always thought this verse was
given in reference to our witnessing for our Lord and in the
role of leadership. As I have prayed for strength and peace
from God during this difficult time, God has showed me a
different way to understand this verse. The personal
encouragement that God has given me through this verse
is that there is no need for us to be anxious, for He knew
about this (even before it was diagnosed) and has already
made provisions. (a place to stay, a quick appointment at
M.D. Anderson, people to take care of things at home for us,
the bake sale, provisions for my job at the City, a Doctor
who has a vested interest in Ewing Sarcoma patients because
his brother had the same cancer, Marc's and my niece who has
been so faithful in going to doctors appointments with us,
Marc's wonderful family here). Just think, if God hadn't put
Marc in my life, I would have never known his family here)
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Isn't our God Awesome??????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?