UPDATE

Good evening.

I will try to make this quick. I am too tired for anything witty or clever tonight.

Today was a long day at the Social Security office, dealing with State disability claims, smog checks, DMV, Advanced Directives and so much other stuff it would make your head spin. Why did the good Lord only make 24 hours in a day?? I need MORE!

Gary was accompanied by a physical therapist and he walked 200 feet today with a walker. That is the most he has walked in a month! I pray this is progress for him.
His red cells are up! His platelets are up for now. His white cells are somewhat normal.
His pain meds are not working the way we need them to work. The morphine makes him "stupid" (those are Gary's words not mine). His body jerks and he hallucinates and does funky things with his arms. Zach and I sometimes laugh at him :)

He ate a double cheeseburger from Micky D's and drank a 32 oz.Orange Dream Jamba Juice. We can get him to drink 1X Jamba Juice a day so Malcolm and I have been picking them up every day for Gary and loading them with protein.

He will have a shower tomorrow again. It is really hard for him and takes so much energy for him to get cleaned up.
He continues with radiation every day and he is due for chemo this weekend.
He never complains and we have LOVED spending the night with him.

God is soooooooo good. Despite everything we are facing I know we both have a peace which transcends human understanding. We (at least I do) go through times of saddness, overwhelming everything feelings, frustration and so many other negative human emotions. I allow myself to feel them then I get back to the way God wants me to be. He wants me to trust him completely and put all of my faith in action as I take the backseat and he chauffers me around! It is hard for me sometimes. I am soooooooo Type A and have control issues (alright, enough of your sneers and "Amen to thats"!)

Enough of me tonight. I am off to fill out more forms for all sorts of exciting medical/financial things. You are probably jealous and you wish you had as many stupid questions to answer as I do! Could some of them be any more repetitive and dumbo? I am thinking probably not.

PLEASE PRAY:
For Gary's treatments to kill the cancer
That Gary heals from this battle.
For our family and the unity of our family.
For Strength
For all of the people who help us and pray for us and care and love us!
PRAISE that God is always there
For a good night's sleep for Gary and for me!

Love, L