Tuesday April 20th

Happy birthday to my nephew Josh tomorrow and belated to our niece Stephanie on April 9th...better late than never Steph!!
Dave went in for an MRI on Monday and the results showed numerous lesions throughout his brain. So we are to begin "whole brain" radiation tomorrow. He will receive 15 treatments. They will be given once a day for 15 days, excluding Saturday and Sunday. The dr seems to think that we have no choice in the matter. The consequences of not treating are just not good. Dave is all for it, and I respect his wishes.
We go to West Wichita on Thursday for lab work and that will give some good information as to how he is progressing with the chemo. He will not receive another body scan for another 4 weeks. The past week or so he has gotten visibly weaker and his appetite is just about zero. What he does eat, he does not always keep down, so I just want to make sure that the treatments given are in Dave's best interest, and not just because they can........
His ability to go thru all of this and never complain is amazing! His biggest concern is that he cannot go to school as he has been doing....but he will be at Track practice if at all possible. The support from his colleagues is what gives me the strength to take him to school each day and leave him. He absolutely does not want to give up his contact with them or with the kids. I think they have been the greatest healer for him throughout all of this.
Again, thank you all for your prayers and support....Deb Bishoff....thanks so much for dinner...it was so nice not to have to do anything but heat and eat!!!
Love and blessings to all!!!