Wednesday June 20, 2007

Hi Friends and Family,
Well things are still tough here. Joe had the transfusion last Thursday but his counts are still not staying up even with Procrit shots twice this week. Today he told the Dr. that he was through with Chemo and we would only do things to build him up until we leave for home next Wednesday. The doctor was very understanding and has changed the schedule to accomplish this. We need prayers for two things right now. 1. that the pet scan tomorrow will be encouraging and show shrinkage of the tumors and absence of the tumor that was ablated three weeks ago. and 2. that Joe's strength and stamina will improve and he will return to his usual perky self. When Joe isn't joking around you know there is something wrong. He is trying to be hopeful but he has so little energy,even hope seems difficult at times. Just making that decision today lifted his spirit because we think now the only way to go is up.
We went to Karen's after treatment yesterday to help her put a few things up in her condo for her open house on Saturday but Joe really just guided Karen and she did all the work. All I did was dinner and say "Oh that looks great". Wasn't I a big help? Her open house is Saturday and her place looks lovely.
I am still managing to swim 3 times a week and that helps with my stress. We love your emails and calls. Father's Day we got together with Sullivan's and went to Baci's for dinner. That was about the longest Joe was up the whole weekend.
We get the results of the scan on Friday afternoon so I will post after that but remember we are two hours behind.
We are patiently waiting on Jesus and we know He is faithful. The patient part is the hard part. Thanks to all of you for being there. God bless. Mary Anne