Wednsday, June 11, 2008

Hi There,

Just a quick entry. Dennis went into the surgeon on Monday and she said that the surgery is healed enough to start chemotherapy on Thursday, June 19th. The day is arriving and we surely hope it will do the trick. I'm sure I mentioned last time it will be
16 weeks of chemo every other week, a shot to speed up the chemo every other Friday and then a petscan to see where the cancer is and then 6 weeks of radiation and then start the pill, tomoxifin. Again, we ask for your prayers that his side effects might be small in comparision to what they could be. Thank you.

He and Jay went fishing last Saturday and really got into them at Current Creek. They had so much fun and then brought home the fish to give to people around here. We kept two and they tasted wonderful!

The radio frequency procedure hasn't done anything to help my back and foot yet. I'm
scheduled for another one on the right side on the 27th of this month. I'm not too
encouraged about it, but MAYBE!

The young men in our ward are over here tonight digging up part of the yard to install the new sprinkling system. They will never in the world know how much this will be appreciated. The elders and "healthy" high priests are coming to finish up the job tomorrow and Saturday. Oh, how grateful we are to such compassionate, caring people.
I made some cookies and Lime Slush for their reward and they are all so cute and thanking us and telling us how happy they are to help. Their parents should be commended for raising such fine young men. (Ben Broadhead, Tom McHenry, Houston ?, the Rowland boys, The Phippen Boys, Bishop Pruden, Brother Rowland, and I'll try to keep track of the rest of them...oh, and their "Great White Leader", C.J. Bazner, anyway, what great young and "older" men!!!)

Tomorrow Teri and the kids are coming. We're going to the Eldredge Family Reunion up in Morgan (thanks to sweet Dixie) on Saturday and it sounds so fun. We've all been making projects to sell at the auction and family store and getting the kid's games ready to play. It will be a fun day.!

The next day will be Father's Day and our 46th anniversary and McNeills and Hegemanns are coming for dinner.

On Monday, thanks to our wonderful friends, the Crandalls, we have been invited to go and stay a few days at their cabin in Oakley. We are so excited for that adventure. We haven't been up for a couple of years and the kids are all dying to get back up there and have a turn on the four-wheelers, paint rocks, build clubhouses, hike, eat, play games and anything else they can think of (that will be safe!) We are so blessed to have such generous friends!

Speaking of the Crandall's, I went in to their son Steve, (who is my physical therapist) the other day and had a 12 kleenex crying day telling him all my frustrations, I better be care-
ful or he will charge me for psychiatric care instead of Physical therapy. Anyway, he could kinda sense (ya think???) that I am stressed out of my mind and of course all my autoammune diseases come flying out and into my body and then the trouble starts.
Anyway, through his kind heart and capable hands he really helped the Fibromyalgia in my legs to calm down and started slowly on trying to help me cope with the stress I'm feeling. I go in again tomorrow and I hope that I can continue on the upward path. He surely is a kind person, no wonder he's in the stake presidency.

Well, enough of "me, me, me", but I want you to know that Dennis is still doing fantastic in his terrific attitude and physically, right now, he is doing great. Oh how I love him and
appreciate his happy personality.....He is the "wind beneath my wings" for sure!

We'll keep in touch!

The Blogger Mama