Last one to post........... Part 14

[eeyoresmountainpals]

Grandpa cried when we left yesterday and thanked us for making the trip so it was more than worth it all!

 

[Lyn5]

 

[Lyn5]

Hi Everyone!

Lyn - I volunteer to be last for you, too, so your number won't change.

o.k.....not

 

[Lyn5]

I'm going to work on reading back to see what all I've missed in two days. Looks like it's been pretty busy around here!

of course, this is now Tracy's full-time gig and she has been putting in EXTRA time too

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

And then on another note....DSs friend from school started his chemo yesterday. He's having a very difficult time. The surgery last week to remove lymph nodes was much rougher than they expected! They cut him from his breastbone all the way to his testicles! They decided to remove the left testicle. How hard that's got to be on a boy!

I hope everyone will please continue to keep him and Grandpa in your thoughts and prayers.

 

[trappednabox]

Fairly good, I guess, considering. DH took him yesterday for his radiation. He's getting daily radiation through Jan 18th. Then they have to wait 3 weeks and they'll do another MRI. Then they'll reassess everything. He's having a little trouble with his speech and he has trouble thinking of what he wants to say then he gets really frustrated 'cause he doesn't know what work to use. Yesterday his hair started falling out and that was bothering him a little. He's 76 but has this beautiful head of white hair. We could notice his hair coming out in clumps all day. Whenever anyone would say anything about his hair, though, DH would take off his hat and remind him it's not all bad! DH is almost bald!

Well like I said, Don't give up! Be strong!! It's amazing what strength can get you thru

 

[trappednabox]

And then on another note....DSs friend from school started his chemo yesterday. He's having a very difficult time. The surgery last week to remove lymph nodes was much rougher than they expected! They cut him from his breastbone all the way to his testicles! They decided to remove the left testicle. How hard that's got to be on a boy!

I hope everyone will please continue to keep him and Grandpa in your thoughts and prayers.

WOW! That is rough!! Poor kid. His mom and dad might want to look into bringing him to Houston, maybe treatment at Md Anderson would be less evasive. But It might be more expensive, I don't know how they would feel about that

 

[trappednabox]

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

WOW! That is rough!! Poor kid. His mom and dad might want to look into bringing him to Houston, maybe treatment at Md Anderson would be less evasive. But It might be more expensive, I don't know how they would feel about that

I doubt they could afford it. They have some insurance but they'd still have to pay for travel and I know they couldn't afford it. She's already found out that she'll probably be losing her job in the next week or so. They're in for a long struggle, both medically and financially.

 

[trappednabox]

I doubt they could afford it. They have some insurance but they'd still have to pay for travel and I know they couldn't afford it. She's already found out that she'll probably be losing her job in the next week or so. They're in for a long struggle, both medically and financially.

WOW!! That makes it even harder! There was a woman I worked with a few years ago at the hospital, and she had breast cancer. She ended up using all her vacation and sick time doing treatment. They made her come to work once a month so she could keep her insurance.

 

[Lyn5]

Grandpa cried when we left yesterday and thanked us for making the trip so it was more than worth it all!

I am glad you went and it was heart warming

 

[trappednabox]

I am glad you went and it was heart warming

 

[trappednabox]

I hate to leave you guys, but my cousin needs to talk about psyco Mom!

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

WOW!! That makes it even harder! There was a woman I worked with a few years ago at the hospital, and she had breast cancer. She ended up using all her vacation and sick time doing treatment. They made her come to work once a month so she could keep her insurance.

From the sound of it this company isn't going to work with her so that she can keep her job and/or benefits. But, like she said, who cares....all they're concerned with is getting their son well. They'll worry about the other things later. I've put her in touch with a non-profit agency that I used to work for that I still do volunteer work for and they'll help them out with some of the transportation costs to and from the hospital and I'm sure we'll do some sort of fundraiser through the school pretty soon to help the family out, too.

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

I am glad you went and it was heart warming

It was very heart-warming. It was very hard on us, especially on the kids 'cause we've been very honest with them. But it's still something that we needed to do and we'll never regret having made the quick trip. We're going to try to go again but hopefully we'll be able to go for just a little longer!

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

I hate to leave you guys, but my cousin needs to talk about psyco Mom!

Hope to see you later Tracy!

 

[Lyn5]

I doubt they could afford it. They have some insurance but they'd still have to pay for travel and I know they couldn't afford it. She's already found out that she'll probably be losing her job in the next week or so. They're in for a long struggle, both medically and financially.

 

[eeyoresmountainpals]

Kliz don't try to get us locked up!!


Hey! did you see you made it into the dis yearbook

What??

 

[Mom2Ashli]

what is that supposed to mean...

That was for Cleaning your Room. Those are the words every Mother loves to hear.

 

[Lyn5]

I hate to leave you guys, but my cousin needs to talk about psyco Mom!