Treatment Update

Jenny and I went in for her treatment this week and met with the oncologist. He was very pleased with how well Jenny is tolerating the treatments, they seem to have been able to dial in a cocktail of various medicines, chemo, and steroids that is able to do the necessary work and not make Jenny too sick in the process. 

This week, following the treatment, Jenny was able to sleep well and had a pretty good level of energy, which was very encouraging. Joe, Jenny and I celebrated by cooking a big slab of baby back ribs on the grill! (yum!). I am traveling the majority of this week, so Jenny and Joe are at the Beach with Maria and her family (thanks Maria and Jim!) 

The next treatment is scheduled for Aug 1st (following our every two week schedule), and then the next MRI will be on the 14th, with a treatment and review of the MRI on the 15th., which is also Joe's first day of school at Covenant Classical. Later that week, Maria's oldest Son is getting married, so it will be an adventure filled week!

Thank you for your continued prayers for us and our family, we so feel your support. 

saying good bye to grandma grace

Jenny had to move her scheduled treatment to today, instead of going in Friday, as originally scheduled, due to my Grandmother Grace passing away this week. So, we are traveling this weekend to Birmingham Alabama. Grandma was a remarkable woman of 98 1/2 years of age. Up until very recently she was living in her house, driving her car, and "taking care of the elderly" in her church family. I had the opportunity to visit her a couple of times over the last year and she told me each time that I would come to see her and we would go out to dinner together - "Raymond", she would say with a very southern/Italian accent, "I am not sure why the good Lord still has me on this earth, but if it is only to pray for my children, grand children, and great grandchildren every day, then that's enough for me." Our conversations would range from college football, to the direction interest rates were headed, to the latest speech that the president had given, to sports center... 
It was certainly an opportunity to experience God's grace with I saw the legacy of a family history of life centered around a church family, and an undivided trust in the Lord's willingness to hear  and answer our prayers.
Please pray for us as we travel to Alabama tomorrow, a day after Jenny's treatment, that she would be able to travel comfortably and feel strong enough to manage the requirements of the services on Friday.