MARCH 10

WOW! Where do I start?! Today has been a day full of laughter and it is all because of wonderful friends and family. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart! Gary received so many cards, phone calls, Facebook comments and even comments here on the this blog. It really helped him keep his mind off the fact that he was coming into the hospital for yet another treatment.... and on his birthday at that. When I came home tonight, there were over a dozen more cards! I am sure it will that way all week and I will have so much fun going up to the hospital each day with more and more cards. We saw Gary's doctor today. Although, there is no way of being 100% sure, he was very optimistic that the gamma knife procedure will take care of the tumor. He said he had another patient with neurolymphomatosis, who also developed a tumor in his brain and received the same treatment. He has been cancer free for 3 yrs. now. That was encouraging for Gary and I.

The doctor has set up for Gary to have an MRI on March 30 and then to proceed to the stem cell transplant starting April 1st. Let's hope it will not be an April Fools joke. *smile*. Depending on when Gary is able to leave the hospital, this will give us two weeks before starting transplant. The doctor gave his OK for us to travel to Oklahoma to see family, most importantly our daughter and grand kids, who will be out of school next week. Gary really wants to do this before starting the transplant, as he knows once he starts, he will be pretty sick for a long time.

Again I want to thank all of you for giving us a day of laughs. Our hearts are overwhelmed with how much God has blessed us with so many friends and a wonderful family.