SATURDAY

Gary is home! He came home on Thursday surprisingly and is resting comfortably now. He went to Nate's game on Thursday and I think he did too much too soon. He is extremely tired.
Dr. Barth actually took gary off of some of his medications (pain). We think his pain meds are responsible for causing his speech issues. Yesterday was his first day with one dose of each med taken out of his regimen and he did really well.
His numbers are up and holding so he will have chemo most likely on Monday.
He is on blood thinners and I have to give him a shot at 9 AM and 9 PM in his stomach every night for about 4 days. Hopefully once he is re-evaluated on Monday we can stop the shots.
I have to get ready but have a few prayer requests for you.
1. Gary is due to have his BIG scans next week to see how the cancer is doing. We want this cancer to be shrinking significantly and so this is what we are asking you to be prayer specific about this week.
2. Pray that we can get Gary off of most of the narcotic pain meds. The speech issue is very frustrating to Gary and he doesn't need anything else to be frustrating him at this point.
3. Pray that our kids remain stable and able to cope with this. Pray that they do not become angry.

So sorry it took me so long to update. The past few days have been a little crazy!
Love to all,
L