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Hi everyone! We are having such a rager at our house tonight for Cinco de Mayo! Yeah, right! Boys are going to bed and we did not even have mexican food for dinner! I am ready to go to bed as well. I have still not recovered from this last weekend!
Nate and I went to the Disneyland Hotel with Steph and Josh and Jake and we had a great time! We were at Disneyland by 6:45 AM on Sunday and we stayed until 5 PM! We stayed in a suite at the Hotel and the boys were in Mickey heaven! We went out to dinner and the boys swam in the pirate pool. Such fun and such a treat!
Well, we went to Dr. Barth today. All is well. Here is the latest.
Gary's colonoscopy results came back unfavorably. He has loads of damage from the radiation and his bowels have not healed. The new molecular therapy has a nasty bowel side effect so Gary can't have this therapy until his bowels are healed! We have no idea how long that will take. If he were to do the molecular therpy on Gary now there is a possibility of blowing a hole in his bowels. It would be as awful as it sounds!
So, Monday we start another round of chemo! This means we will be at the doc office every day for hydration and counts and possible transfusions. We both can hardly wait!
SIDENOTE:
We wanted to thank everyone who wrote letters to our insurance company to try to get this therapy approved. The letters were so dear and so many people from our little league who don't even know us that well wrote these awesome letters on our behalf! We are so blessed. I know these letters will have an impact and I am confident that our insurance company will approve this therpay for Gary. Maybe the delay in his bowels healing is giving us the time needed to get all of our ducks in a row for this new treatment. We will wait and see.
Gary's parents are here and they are taking a little side trip tomorrow to see family in Central California.
Our Nanee just turned 88 and she is the most amazing woman! We all just love her so much and thank God she is so amazing. She is a true testament to the love of God and I hope I can be 1/2 the woman she has been all of her life!
School is almost out! Praise God!!! I am ready to ease up on the schedule a bit and just hang with the boys! Hopefully, this summer will be a little better than last summer.
If anyone is looking for something to read I would like to recommend The Shack. It is such a good book and it is a quick read. I read it while I am at the gym everyday and then re-read it to Gary so that he can stay caught up with me. I am enthralled with this book and it is hard for me to put down! Lori May knows what happens at the end! Don't tell me!!!!!
I am going to get in bed with Gary and I will force him to watch Dancing With The Stars and The Bachelor! Poor Gary.
Love to all and thank you again for your prayers and your letters. Feel free to keep writing them! We can use all the help we can get!
Love,
L
Love Conquers All
John 3:16
A Look inside our family......
If any of you have not had the chance to walk the grounds of the Montage in Laguna Beach you are really missing something amazing!!!
I am at the Montage with Zach and my Dad and I am standing on the beautiful rock that jets out from the middle of the cove and it is the most amazing morning! The air is so warm and the breeze is gently blowing.
I look down to see the reef and the beautiful colors of the seaweed garden that sway with the tide. In such a small place there are so many amazing things about creation that just make me stop to remember to thank God for all he has entrusted to us!
This very moment makes me feel so blessed to have so many blessings! So many family members and friends who surround us and love us and are ready to go on this new journey with us.
As I am thinking my pride gets a hold of me for a moment and I tell myself that I can do this on my own. My thought is that I don't want to have to have help and put people in this position!
Then, as quickly as that thought fills my pride-filled head another one enters. This time, I begin to realize that there is no way we can do this on our own. First and foremost, our same Father who has created this amazing place that I get to spend so much time at is the same one who has blessed us with amazing family and friends who want to care for us.
There are simply no words to express my gratitude and love to everyone who surrounds us and is a part of our life - big or small!
Please take some time and get down to the Montage. Go with your spouse, a friend, your kids! When you are there take in the beauty that surrounds you and take a deep breath and thank God for everything you have and the fact that HIS spirit lives in all of us! What a privilege it is that we are all on this journey together!
I am not ready to leave my rock because the morning is the best part of my day and this day is looking amazing and I want to stay right here feeling exactly how I do right now! Zach is coming out of the water and he really wants to head down to Strands to walk on beach! Who am I to argue? What a day the Lord has made! I am certainly going to be glad and rejoice in it!!
I am at the Montage with Zach and my Dad and I am standing on the beautiful rock that jets out from the middle of the cove and it is the most amazing morning! The air is so warm and the breeze is gently blowing.
I look down to see the reef and the beautiful colors of the seaweed garden that sway with the tide. In such a small place there are so many amazing things about creation that just make me stop to remember to thank God for all he has entrusted to us!
This very moment makes me feel so blessed to have so many blessings! So many family members and friends who surround us and love us and are ready to go on this new journey with us.
As I am thinking my pride gets a hold of me for a moment and I tell myself that I can do this on my own. My thought is that I don't want to have to have help and put people in this position!
Then, as quickly as that thought fills my pride-filled head another one enters. This time, I begin to realize that there is no way we can do this on our own. First and foremost, our same Father who has created this amazing place that I get to spend so much time at is the same one who has blessed us with amazing family and friends who want to care for us.
There are simply no words to express my gratitude and love to everyone who surrounds us and is a part of our life - big or small!
Please take some time and get down to the Montage. Go with your spouse, a friend, your kids! When you are there take in the beauty that surrounds you and take a deep breath and thank God for everything you have and the fact that HIS spirit lives in all of us! What a privilege it is that we are all on this journey together!
I am not ready to leave my rock because the morning is the best part of my day and this day is looking amazing and I want to stay right here feeling exactly how I do right now! Zach is coming out of the water and he really wants to head down to Strands to walk on beach! Who am I to argue? What a day the Lord has made! I am certainly going to be glad and rejoice in it!!
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