The Starting line!!!

Ok, I have a lot to update about!!!  Yesterday was a busy day for my dad and I..starting at 5am (anyone who knows me knows I'm not the best morning person)...and we finally got home at 4pm!!!  First we started out in Ann Arbor and dad received his port!  He did great with that, and when they brought me back to recovery he was already eating!!  Once we were able to leave we came back to Brighton and went to the Woodland Center..which is where dad will be receiving his chemo and radiation-very close to home!  The treatment will be very intense...He will be doing 30 days of radiation (starting today) and that will be Monday-Friday.  He starts chemo next week and will receive it once a week during radiation.  After radiation is completed he will be doing more chemo treatments!  He is taking a combination of two different chemos, they are small doses now and when he is done with radiation they will bump it up!

Well I started this blog yesterday and because of work and dads treatment, I couldn't get back to it. So here I am!  My dads first round of radiation went well yesterday!  Last night he developed a horrible cough again!  It has gotten pretty bad in the last couple of hours, unfortunately.  Other than that he is doing pretty good!

We are all trying to stay healthy around the house, and get ready for our uncles to come up tomorrow!  We are so excited and like I said before-believe it will be really good for dad!  Chrissy just got over a cold and is doing better!!! We are also very thankful for our family friend Anita!! She made us an amazing lasanga the other night, and that is the most I have seen my dad eat in one sitting (and even a whole day) in about 3 weeks!  So thank you very much Anita-it was delicious!!!  My grandmother also made us a pineapple upside down cake last week, which is dads favorite!  We all loved it!!! Thank you grandma!!!!!

Again I would like to thank all of the support we are getting from everyone!!!  A question I am asked a lot is if my dad is up to seeing people, or getting visits..or people don't call because they don't know how he feels.  It doesn't matter!!  If you feel like calling him, call him.. he won't answer if he isn't feeling up to it!  I know he loves talking to people, so please don't hesitate to call my dad!  Like I said if he is sleeping or under the weather, he won't answer and will call you back when he is feeling up to it!

As for the rest of us, we are all doing pretty good!!  Just staying busy and getting a lot of things done around the house!  I hope everyone takes care and I will update this weekend!!!

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us."

-Annon