Valuable

It is a very cold Sunday morning in East Texas.  We probably should be at church right now...but we ain't.  🙂  It just seemed like a good day to sleep late and enjoy the time here at home with the Erin and the kids.  As I sit here clicking, Erin and Madelyn are fast asleep.  …

Voices

Yesterday was a victory.  A good report from the doctor...chemo is working.  Another doctor...surgeon...tells us that if Erin continues to show improvement over the next 8 weeks or so, that surgery is viable option.  There are still a lot of "if's".  Many unanswered questions.  Many long days ahead.  Yesterday, though, was desperately needed.  If for …

Long days.

Yesterday we left Athens at 9:30.  Hit MD Anderson at 2pm...out at 8:15.  A pretty long day.  We were both tired when it was all over. When you visit MDA, at least from our experience, one of the first things that you do is head to the diagnostic center for bloodwork.  If you're a newbie, …

Fixer

Tomorrow we trek back to Houston for another round of tests and consultation at MD Anderson.  It's hard to know how to feel just now.  Part of me is eager to get there, have tests run and get the good report that we are so desperately needing.  The other side of my mind is apprehensive...afraid …

#20

So, here we are....blog post #20.  It's Friday, early, just finished cutting payroll checks and wondering how the bank bank balance got so low.  Must be a bank error...right?  🙂  As much as I hate to admit it, I suppose I am a little fickle about this blog.  Some days, it's like a stress release …

The road.

In the past two days we've made two trips to the ER.  As I write this, we still aren't too sure what to make of the phantom chest pain that Erin has been having...side effects from chemo, pain associated with tumor, high stress level, acid reflux...  So, we've added another prescription to the medicine bag …

Barriers.

Last night I had dinner with an old friend.  I mean, I've known this guy long enough to actually say he's an old friend...which means, I guess, that I am old enough to have old friends in the first place.  Anyway, he was driving through Athens and after 12 years, I figured there were a …

The Plan.

Today is chemo day.  So the plan is that Erin will go into the doctor's office, get pumped full of "stuff" for 5 hours, then come home with a bag of more "stuff" connected to her, which will continue the process for two more days.  Based on previous experience, this will make her sicker than …

Back by unpopular demand.

O.k., to set the record straight, it's not that I dislike writing.  I rather enjoy it.  It's not that I dislike the kind comments people have made about my blog or my writing.  I really appreciate those.  I guess writing about all of this just seems a little forward to me.  Presumptuous, maybe.  I'm really …