The best weekend and today

I have to start by giving Praise to God for the weekend and his miracles that are unfolding in front of me. I have to admit, I still want the "big one" - Mike's cancer completely gone overnight, but at the same time, this stage is cool too!

Mike had a great weekend. Here are some of the things he did:
He hooked up the DVD Player
He got all the "technology" up and running in the house including his IPOD
He walked to the park and back (about 4 blocks)
He feel asleep on the porch during a rain storm
He ate 4 small pieces of chicken
He went to Scott's to watch the Cowboys disgraceful game on Sunday

All these things sound normal, I know. But it has been a long time since we have had any "normal" in our house. I wanted to freeze the weekend. But life isn't like that. I have to thank everyone at Hurlburt who worked to get Mike home for the holidays. I even called Kaye on her vacation and she took my call! It sounds so silly, but words can not describe our Christmas Holiday. I was so simple but we were together as a family and that made it the best one yet.

We were under the impression that we were doing Chemo today, but that didn't happen. We went to Dr. Bo to get adjusted first and then headed to Dr Khan. We had to wait a long time, but got to see him. He was very happy to see how great Mike looks. We did blood work and it all looks great. His blood levels are holding at 10.3. We haven't needed blood in two weeks now. Dr. Khan felt Mike's stomach and said that his tumor feels "significantly smaller" and that it obviously responded well to Chemo. So we left with an appointment for Chemo on Wednesday and followup appt on Monday next week. BUT, before we did these, he wanted us to follow up with Dr. Pucha (GI doc who put in stent) for the stent and to clear Mike's colitis for round 2 of Chemo.

So we saw Dr. Pucha and he ordered an Xray along with some lab tests. The lab tests will take about 2 days to collect and 3 days for the lab results, so Chemo will be next week sometime. But the Xray revealed that Mike's stent has slipped. I believe that it slipped because the tumor is smaller. Remember, he could barely fit in the smallest stent to open Mike's esophagus. So we are going in for an Outpatient (God willing) procedure to replace the stent with a bigger one. This will happen Wednesday at around 11:30 am CST. Again, prayers are needed to cover this procedure.

Finally, I want to thank everyone for the Christmas Cards and gifts over the holidays. This will go down as a Christmas like no other. The love that we have received from each and everyone of you filled our home and us to overflowing.

Please Pray:
Spirit of Hope
God's perfect healing plan
God's miraculous hand to open the eyes of the Doctors thru Mike
Mike to eat and drink more so we can eliminate the TPN and lipids
Strength for Today
Our house to sell

OH... I forgot.... we got the letter from the Social Security Administration. We were approved for disability and that will start in March. God is Good!