Better, Better, Better

We had a nice quiet weekend at home. We all rested and enjoyed the peacefulness. Earl is feeling so much better today. He is finally getting some strength back after his five day stay in the hospital. We hope to get our last chemo Friday and be done with this cancer stuff. One of our nurses in the hospital had a pin on that said "cancer sucks". I so want one of those. We really hope to get our life back to some normalcy. Drew is back from Costa Rico without incident and Olivia is finishing up her last week of school. 8th grade graduation is June 2. then I will officially have a daughter in high school. Where have the years gone? Too fast I can tell you that. I am really looking forward to a nice summer free of hustle and bustle and hospitals. Keep us in your prayers. Love to you all. Donna

What a weekend

Earl was scheduled to have his last BIG chemo treatment on Friday, May 14th. Well to say the least that didn't happen and we had quite the scare. His blood pressure dropped to 60/30 and they did not even start chemo. We ended up spending the night in the hospital and they ran all sorts of tests on his heart. The tests all came back good and they determined that he was just really dehydrated and let us go home Saturday morning. By Saturday evening we were back at MUSC. Earl was having terrible pain. He ended up having to get two units of blood and lots of other meds. Potassium, magnesium and lots more fluids. He was running a fever and vomiting. They pumped his stomach and put him on a clear liquid diet. He was finally released yesterday about 5pm and we made it home. We are both exhausted and ready for some relief in this crazy cancer world. I can tell you that my friends are the best friends in the whole world. So many of you checked up on us and gave us so many prayers. We are gonna survive this, I do know that. We have an appt with on the 28th to find out what is gonna happen with the last treatment. We will keep you posted. Love you all. Donna

May update

Hey Y'all,

Things are coming to an end (hopefully) Earl is schedule to have his last BIG treatment on Friday and then maybe one more little one. We are scheduled to have his CT scan on the 28th, but of course all of this depends on his count. So we are trying to keep him rested and well nourished to get those cell counts up. Anyone who knows Earl knows that getting him to rest is not an easy task. His cousins from WV were in town last week and we were able to spend some time with them and his Brothers and Sunny on Thursday & Friday. I know he really enjoyed their company. Drew is home from College now and I can say that I am really enjoying having him around, even though his room is a total mess. I think Olivia likes having her big brother home too. Earl and I have a little vacation planned for June to Hilton Head and I am so looking forward to it. I am hoping he will be feeling pretty good by then and can play some golf. I plan on sitting my bum on the beach with a good book! I may play one round with him. That's our update. All is well and we are hanging in there. Life is good! Love you all, Donna & Earl