The two pictures above sum up our last week. Gary had 5 days of Chemo last week which he did fine through at the time but starting Friday he began having excruciating pain all over. That pain got so bad it has even made him throw up a couple of times. We went back to the doctor on Monday and they checked him out and they did some blood work and they think that it is a virus that he picked up (some mean virus). The kids have been VERY worried about him, he spent all last weekend in bed and the pain has made him grumpy to say the least. It is almost funny how fast those imaginations run with him being in such pain our immediate thought isn't oh he has a virus no our immediate thought is OH GOD the cancer has spread. With the pain in the back of his neck and his moodiness we have tearfully worried that it went to his brain. I pray that the doctor is right and it is just a virus. Viruses run their course and leave this cancer is a much harder guest to kick out. He gets his next PET scan next Thursday so the virus or cancer spreading question will be answered then :(.
On an amazing note we have been super blessed by a whole bunch of people who got together and gave us money to buy Christmas gifts for our family. We really did not know how we were going to do the smallest things for the girls this year and thought Christmas would be yet another disappointing thing for them this year but not now :-) I cant tell you what they are getting yet because they read the blog sometimes but I will tell you what I told them the number of boxes under the tree is not going to be great but what is in them rocks :) I was able to get them the desires of there heart and it is all in big boxes in my room and it is driving them CRAZY ( a little fun for mommy). We had money set aside for gifts for each other and that money combined with some of the anonymous group funds I was able to get the desires of my heart for Christmas too I am so excited this thing will make killing time in doctors offices much easier and its really really cool tehe, Gary teases that once I get this particular thing he wont ever see me again lol. We were also able to get big man an awesome gift that he really wanted my sister got him an ereader which was one thing that he really wanted he has been downloading Star Trek books and reading them in bed when he hasn't been able to get up. I got him a DSi with a mario game for Christmas. He knows what I got him but he cant play it till Christmas. Thanks to the kindness of friends what we would be the meagerest of Christmases has turned into something we are all looking so forward to. It is such a blessing in the midst of this medical mellow drama to have something that brings the family some excitement. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the people who gave to help make Christmas extra special this year. You have given us the gift of joyful anticipation and that is a priceless gift may God bless you back ten fold for all that you gave to us.
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