MAY DAYS

Jennifer took me to the Molly Brown Museum for a Mother's Day Tea, which was very nice. I'd long been wanting to see it, and the house was just beautiful.

Taylor is now 3 months old and I'm told she's getting quite the personality. The boys and I are going to be meeting Tyler, Shawna and Taylor at the Lake of the Ozarks in June, and I can't wait! It's been way too long since I've seen her, and the boys have yet to meet their niece.

Luckily, Alan's oncologist agreed with us that Alan's energy level just wasn't acceptable. We discussed various ways to go, and what we've decided is that he'll have one more chemo session at a slightly reduced dosage, and then give his body 4-6 weeks to recoup. At that point, hopefully his surgeon will be able to remove the tumor, which the most recent pet scan shows has been reduced in size, but is still active. The pet scan has also shown that the cancer that had spread to the liver, abdominal wall and lungs is now inactive. Chemo will resume after the surgery, but he should be in much better shape at that point.

Good Friends

Rich and Dee brought dinner over last week and we had a wonderful evening. For those of you that don't know them, they're our Sunday School teachers and friends from Church. The day-to-day happenings in Dee's life can be compared to the "I Love Lucy" antics and are definitely entertaining! They carried in a huge pan of breadsticks, two pans of salad, a large pan of lasagna and another of chicken parmesan, and a side order of chicken fettucine alfredo minus the alfredo for one picky lady of the house! Anyway, I didn't have to cook for days - it was great!


Christopher turned 15 on May 3rd, and on the 4th, we went to get his permit. An exciting time for him, a bit sad for me. My babies are definitely all grown up! He and Jason got a joint present this year (although Jason's birthday isn't until July). They got an XBox 360, and are enjoying playing it on the "big screen".


Alan was scheduled for chemo today, but his platelets were too low, so we're rescheduling for next week. Unfortunately we've had lots of delayed chemo sessions. His energy level is so low that sometimes I doubt he's going to make it up the stairs to go to bed. We do appreciate all of your prayers and are still optimistic that by Fall we'll be able to put this behind us.