Friday Night February 8th

Well, this morning I missed our "HOT DATE"! We always have a hot date from 10:30 - 11:30 AM! Let me share with you what we do every single morning.

Gary gets on an electric gurney driven by Rose (she is so cool!) and we walk about a 1/4 mile to the radiation office. This is where our "HOT DATE" happens. Gary gets 7 minutes of radiation and then we trek back the 1/4 mile to his deluxe ocean view suite! I bet you are all sooooo jealous.

Gary was so happy to give Zach his new bat for his birthday! Gary had a smile from head to toe when he saw the look on Zach's face. It pains him so much to not be home with us and he feels awful about not being able to play ball and help the boys during baseball. I can only imagine how difficult it is for him.

Here is the breakdown:
Gary is still in a lot of pain.
The doctor is trying to wean him off of the dilaudid pump and he is now taking liquid morphine and MS contin and one other drug. He still has the "break through" pump for unbearable pain.
He has chemo scheduled for 9:00 AM tomorrow. Get this - believe it or not - the nurse came in to tell me that Hoag does not have a drug Gary needs to have and I have to go to CVS in the AM and pick it up to deliver it by 9:30 AM. It scares me to think that this amazing hospital is out of a drug cancer patients need on a regular basis.

Dr. Barth has changed his chemo cocktail to gemzar & cisplatin. Evidentially, cisplatin is pretty heavy stuff so I am bracing myself for a few ugly days ahead. Hopefully my preparation will be in vain and he will get through with minimal side effects.

Baseball is in full swing and most of my days will be spent at Gilleran. The boys are more than excited and we are looking forward to an awesome season playing ball!

Gary's parents are leaving tomorrow morning and my Mom is here now. She will be here for 3 weeks.

The boys loved seeing their Dad tonight and we are hoping and praying he is back home with us by the end of next week.
Thank you to everyone who has and will donate their precious blood. :) We will need it!

If I had 5 fun outrageous wishes this is what they would be: (disclaimer states that these are wishes that can't include my family or anything of a serious nature)

1. I would have a personal chauffeur who would drive me everywhere and anywhere.
2. I would want someone to bring fresh flower arrangements to have all over my house every single cotton pickin' day! (just for the folks in Tennessee and Kentucky)
3. I wish for 2 more right now.
4. I would have a credit card with an unlimited amount to be used ONLY to shop for myself!
5. I would have the I Bewitched "twinkle nose" power! That would rock!

Back to reality. BTW - Jen helped me with my wishes!
Zach is off to a slumber party tomorrow for his Bday with some of his baseball buddies!
My Mom's birthday is tomorrow! Happy Birthday Mom!

Pray that Gary's pain diminishes and pray for us to be able to be a positive light to him!

Love and Goodnight,
L