Sunny Day

Well after a week of cold, rain and snow, it is sunny here in Colorado today. Our neighborhood fox is stretched out sleeping under one of our trees. For some reason all of the birds are gone. 8^)

On Tuesday I had my 9th round of chemotherapy. Everything went well. I am feeling good, just very tired. Last night I fell asleep with my glasses on and the TV blaring. I think I am going to take it easy today. Next week is a busy week. I have an appointment with the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor about one of my sinuses that showed a complete blockage on the last PET scan. I also have an appointment to go down to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center to have my stents replaced. It is a 2 hour procedure they do under general anethesia. The stents are tubes they have put in my bile duct and hepatic ducts in my liver to keep everything draining so I don't turn yellow again. They have to be replaced periodically so they don't get blocked. The doctors will also access the tumors in my bile duct and hepatic duct.

Please keep Bill's Mom, Nancy in your prayers. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease last week. She apparently has had it for a number of years, but the symptoms were masked by a medication she was taking for muscle weakness in her right arm and hand. It turns out this medication is also used to treat Parkinson's. When she tried to wean herself off the drug, she was assaulted by full-blown classic symptoms of PD. This is pretty scary for her and Bill's family as her brother died from complications associated with his 12-year battle with Parkinsons when he was 10 years younger than she is now.

We're looking forward to our prayer group meeting tomorrow evening. We had to skip the last one, so it's been 4 weeks between meetings. Please join us in prayer at 7:00 PM Mountiain time if your are so inclined.