April 29, 2013 IL2 3B.....

Ron is always saying that I post not so good pictures of him, so this is one is for him, aren't we such the cute couple. (haha)   This was taken yesterday in our backyard.  It was a beautiful day, sunny and ALL of our children where there for dinner, and time to spend with their dad before he had to come back to the hospital for more treatments.  It was also Ron and I's 30th wedding anniversary WOW 30 years and in love more now than 30 years ago.  What a blessing we have been given to have each other! Like they say in Princess Bride "Love True Love" it really is!!!!

One of the things that we have been told through all this journey is that we need to spend time with our loved ones.  We had been planning on going to Hawaii to celebrate our 30 years together for a long time.  Then when Ron got sick we thought we might need to put it on hold.  Our doctor and nurse said absolutely not!!! In fact they said quit the opposite, and really encourage us to go and have that time together. So we decided that we would take it one step further, and take the whole family with us! That is what we are doing in a couple of weeks we will be on the beaches of Hawaii, I can't think of better place for Ron to spend recovering than there! It will be a great time to have our entire family with us! We are so blessed that we have this wonderful opportunity.  We figure we had been saving for quit some time for this trip for just the two of us, then we realized, why should this year be any different than years past, you see we brought home our sweet daughter Lindsey on our first anniversary, and it's been all about the kids ever since!  I will say though that Ron always seems to find time for me, and me for him, not to brag but again I am so blessed!!! 

We are now back in the ICU at the Huntsman Cancer Center.  The pic line is in, labs are back, and already his creatine level is too high to dose (1.9)! Yep he hasn't even got his first dose in and they have to fill him with more fluids and hope it comes down enough to start dosing. I can already tell this is going to be an interesting week.  

However we prayed this morning for a blessing, that the nurses would be the ones that we know, and that know Ron and his needs as well all the people who put in his pic line, that is a really hard part of Monday for Ron, the pic line is no fun!!! When we got here we find out that Shauna who is a good friend of mine from High School and was Ron's very first nurse, and truly a blessing to me on that first day is Ron's nurse for today, that made us both very happy! Then the gal who did Ron's pic line was again in Ron's opinion the best here Pat, she did it so quick and with no problems, that really makes it easier on Ron.  We are now back in waiting mode, labs will be redone at 2 pm and we will see from there.  Sorry this was a long post but I had a lot to say! haha

Please as always keep Ron in your prayers, I have such a testimony of the power of prayer, and have felt it so strongly through this whole trial.  I have no doubt that the Lord is on our side, and will not leave us alone! What a blessing to feel such Love! Thank you is just not enough! But Thank You, Thank You from the bottom of my heart! I don't want to over do it but, I can't express in words how much he really means to me, and all the prayers going out on his behalf are so appreciated!  I'll post more when I know more! 

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT