MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

WE MADE THE TRIP BACK TO HOUSTON THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW PROBLEMS, BUT NOTHING TOO BAD. FIRST OFF THE BAT, THE JEEP WOULDN'T START THIS MORNING WHEN WE STARTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR LAB WORK. HAD TO GET RICK CLARIDA TO COME JUMP ME OFF AND OFF TO NAPA FOR A NEW BATTERY. WOW.....BEFORE WE GET THROUGH IN HOUSTON, WE WILL HAVE A NEW VEHICLE AGAIN REPLACING EVERYTHING ONE ITEM AT A TIME. FIRST THE GASKET ON THE OIL PAN AND NOW A BATTERY. THANK GOD I WAS HOME WHEN THE BATTERY DECIDED TO CRASH. UPON OUR ARRIVAL IN HOUSTON, WE LEARNED A YOUNG MAN ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS YOUNGER THAN MICHAEL HAD PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT ABOUT 11:00PM. WHAT A BLOW TO US. HE HAD A DIFFERENT FORM OF SARCOMA CANCER THAN MICHAEL AND HAD NOT HAD THE RESULTS FROM TREATMENT THAT MICHAEL HAD HAD. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY....HIS NAME WAS JAKE NEVES. HIS MOTHER SAID THEY WERE RELIEVED THAT HE WOULD SUFFER NO MORE BUT THE LOSS OF THEIR SON WAS DEVASTATING. HIS PAIN WAS STILL CAUSING HIM LOTS OF MISERY. THEY WERE REALLY A SWEET FAMILY AND WE VISITED WITH THEM EACH TIME WE SAW THEM. WE HAVE THE PICK LINE PUT IN TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:30AM AND THEN GO BACK TO START CHEMO ROUND 7 TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30PM. IF PLANS GO AS INTENDED WE SHOULD BE FINISHED HERE THE END OF OCTOBER. HALLELUJAH!!!!!