NOVEMBER 7

As I awoke this morning, I commented how it must have got colder during the night and climbed out of bed to shut our bedroom window, only to be surprised that it was SNOWING! Big fat fluffy flakes of snow. Just beautiful! Our little dog, Charlie is fascinated! He keeps begging to go out onto our little balcony to watch the snow fall. He has sat most of the day at the window completely mesmerized. Just seems funny to us that our little Filipino dog knows that something is different.

I wrote last month about Gary having an appointment to see the Genetics department. They were interested in gathering information about his family and the many instances of cancer. We spent this morning going over all the info and then the Genetics counselor conferred with other Geneticist to discuss Gary's case. The conclusion they came to was...... no real conclusion. They explained that Gary's diagnosis is not sporadic, but also can not be considered genetic since they are unable to find a gene that has been passed down from generation to generation. They would place Gary in between sporadic and genetic since there are so many instances in his family. This did not give us any answers for our children or grandchildren necessarily, but by giving our information, it may help in the research for the future development of preventive medicine. Gary did well today although still very weak and just the amount of walking he did going to the appointment, wore him out. Thank you for your prayers!