What we have been waiting for...finally!!!

As I'm updating everyone dad is actually receiving his first round of chemo!!  He is sitting right next to me all hooked up to everything!  The nurses are really nice here and very informative!!  Dad had 3 different premeds, and we are still working on his first chemo.. he will get a second one today as well, but because of the different types we can only do one at a time!  Chrissy (the baby) is on her way up here to visit!

Dad has been doing ok... finally getting his appetite back a little!  He has had a really bad cough the past 2 weeks, but with all the research we have read, we believe its a side effect of the radiation... We have tried different meds and are working on finding a comfortable solution to this problem!

It is still very unreal to me to see his name on a chemo order!  It just doesn't feel real!  I'm still waiting to wake up...but I also realize that this isn't just something you wake up from!  And I have realized I can't expect everyone to understand..or even begin to understand where we are coming from and what we are feeling!  I have strengthened a lot of my beliefs and my goals because of all of this! 

I'm very proud of my dad with how far he has already come with everything! It is great seeing him with an appetite and wanting something to eat!  We are home now and done with the treatments today..his next chemo will be next wednesday. 

Again I want to thank everyone for everything! 

Here is a poem I'm leaving everyone with!  I see it in a lot of places in the cancer center and I have heard it before when I had a friend going through cancer as well.

What Cancer Cannot Do

Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.

-unknown