Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

We had a GREAT Valentine's Day! My Mom and I decorated the kitchen for the boys. This morning they had heart-shaped waffles and bacon and See's Candy! Gary and I bought them candies and little stuffed animals and a baseball pillow for each of them! I think they loved it even more when they got to see Gary and get the cards Gary had for them!

I had a REALLY AWESOME day today! I got to see Gary and came home to a SPARKLING CLEAN house (Petra & Martin cleaned it top to bottom)! They are awesome! If you need someone who does a great job I will give you her info.

The women at South Shores Christian Preschool gave our family a HUGE basket full of goodies and we had so much fun going through everything! THANK YOU so very much for your kindness! The basket was overwhelmingly beautiful!

The Briwick's brought us soome EXTREMELY SINFUL chocolate Kettle Corn and some homemaade yummy heart cookies! The Star Mags are always a bonus and we love the homemade cards J&J! Hugs!!

Pam brought over cards and a big sack full of Valentine's from all the kids! We love our church family! XOXOXOXO
I could keep going on and on but once again will thank EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU who make a difference in our lives daily! We would not want to weather this storm alone! :)

Evidentially, Gary had a good morning. Many people saw him and he was feeling better and was up and about a little and seemed like he was in less of a fog. Unfortunately, this changed quickly.
I was telling my Mom that Gary told me that his pain was much better and before I started to rejoice (believe me when I tell you that I WANT to rejoice) I knew I had better hold back the celebration until we had some consistency.
Cancer changes things on a daily and hourly basis and that is what makes it so difficult to go through.

Gary is currently in great pain. He is waiting for extra medication because he has been in lots of pain since Kristin and I were there with the kids at 3:00 PM.
He had a transfusion this morning and they will check his counts again in the morning. His white cell and platelet counts have fallen (all of this is to be expected) and he is at risk for infection now. Please call before you visit so that he can tell you whether or not the doctors think it to be a good idea or not.

Kristin and I had so much fun today having coffee and going to Walmart for the essentials - woohoo! Everytime I go in that store I wish that it was not so inexpensive and then I wouldn't have to go there! It does serve its purpose.

The boys are out of school for 4 days! Yeah. No more lunches, laundry, homework or waking early!

The snack bar at the fields is coming along and we are getting excited about opening day for little league!

I will post tomorrow to let you know how Gary is doing!

Keep the cards coming! His room looks great!
Keep your prayers coming as well. We are asking for a miracle. We are asking God to restore Gary and to heal his body from this disease.
Pray that the Chemo and Radiation are aggressively working in his body.
Pray for his pain to diminish so that we can bring him home!

We love you all and hope you have a great evening!

Peace and Happiness,
L