November update

Hi everyone:

Jim continues to live.

Um... Yeah. So, this is good. :)

We go to the NIH December 3rd or so. We are hoping to visit Bob and Shelley and family as we miss them. The trip is still very hard on Jim, so we'll see. It's odd that adding 1.5 hrs of travel each way could make a difference, but it really does.

This trip will be for lots of tests and such, including the big one, the PET SCAN. That is the 9th month pet scan, but it's closer to 10 months. Pretty amazing, huh?

Problems? Yeah. Jim's getting surgery tomorrow. A fatty tumor has gotten a lot larger, and has needed removed. It now has grown larger with infection. He had it lanced 2 days ago, and it's so painful he can't sit. And it's so red, it's scary. Pray he doesn't bleed cause his platelets are very low, and a little scratch can bleed on if he's unaware of it. His toenails are dead. Who knows why. The GVHD is pretty bad on his legs. And he's still in extreme pain all the time. There is no break from it, and there is no rest for the weary. His spirits are good. He is an amazing man in that department.

John and Leah were here for a visit, and I could cry for the help they were to us. Thanks guy. They pulled out of the driveway, excited to get home, and I get that. And yet it feels so heavy and lonesome for me, as I really miss them.

Our grand neice is out of the hospital and able to hold down water. She has DS, and has really been on my heart. I'm so glad she's doing well. God bless you little one.

Bible study is going well.

My sister just had her uterus biopsied. When we went to the cottage and ended up at the hospital 2 months ago (story posted), things still have not been resolved. She's getting cancer blood screening, and now we wait. Again. I can't even go there.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

Jim and Gloria