Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Happy Birthday Earl


We celebrated Earl's Birthday Saturday. It was such a wonderful celebration for us all! He did manage to get both large doses of chemo on Friday, so now he only has one left! Hurray. I really thought he would be sick over the weekend and had mentally prepared for that but God had other plans. Thank you. He woke up Saturday morning feeling Super. We gave him his presents and cards and lots of hugs of kisses. He got a large fruit basket from The Lorberbaums too. I said to Olivia, "I am so surprised that he is not sick from all that chemo" and she said, "Mom, you know you can't be sick on your birthday!" God, I love her. Earl and I went to dinner Saturday night and enjoyed the rest of our weekend. He is back to work this week and feeling pretty good, just tired. Hopefully, we are nearing the end of this road. We both are ready for a "new" adventure! Love you all, Donna

Monday, April 19, 2010

Waiting on Earl~



Here is out kitty cat asleep in Earl's chair. Usually he is asleep on Earl's lap but Earl was out of town so he is just waiting on him to get home. Earl is doing very well. He has had two single chemo treatments over the last two weeks but has still not had the BIG doses. They want to do at least two more of the BIG doses but they keep postponing it because his platelets are down. So we are taking it one day at a time. Life is pretty darn good. We value each day more and more. Everyday I thank God for each moment and cherish every bit of our marriage. He makes me laugh everyday! Earl played golf yesterday and actually shot a 79. Now the old Earl wouldn't have been happy with a score in the high 70's but he came home pretty happy that he beat 80. You can't keep a good man down! Love you all.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Spring is Here!


Spring is here! There is wonderful joy ahead. God has been so good to us and our family. Earl is doing better and better everyday. We had some GOOD news from our last CT Scan. The Doctor was kind of vague but anyway, here's what he said..."I think all the cancer cells are dead, and what keeps showing up on the scan is old scar tissue" In cancer terms that is good news! So last Friday he said, "Let's finish with our two scheduled treatments and then do another CT scan. Earl will have a treatment this Friday and then one more and we will see where we are from that. We are just taking it one day at a time but we really feel good days are ahead. We try hard to live each day to the fullest and love every minute of everyday. Don't you just love this picture of me and Olivia, at Seaworld. Even though she was making a funny face, we had a good time. Life is such a blessing and spring really makes us appreciate it more. Thanks again for the prayers and concerns. Today is a good day! Love you all.