August 7, 2004

So many things have been going on that this journal has not been updated recently so I will try to get everyone caught up. Grandpa Leo, Jeanette, and the boy's cousin, Aaron went home Thursday morning. We were suppose to have an appointment to see Dr. Neilsen but she had something else scheduled so we went in Friday morning instead. We didn't do much on Thursday except rest up for Friday. Friday morning we went in to see Dr. Nielsen (radiologist) and she said Michael was looking very good and she wanted to do some scans so she could alter some of the radiation fields and make a block to divert some of the radiation away from his eyes. We spent about an hour getting all of this set up so that we could start radiation again on Monday. The Dr. said that we may have to do a few more preparations on Monday so hopefully Michael would feel like doing his radiation when they were completed. All of this is good news and it just means that the radiation is working because what is actually happening is that she is narrowing down the radiation fields. Michael got finished around 10:30 a.m. Later that afternoon our pastor, Jeff Tackett and his daughter, Rachel, came by for a visit. Rachel and Michael had fun playing with the trains, and anything else they could get into. Michael really enjoyed having Rachel come over to visit with him. This morning we decided that we would go to some train stores. Ramona and Robert Brown went with us, and they brought along their grandson Garrett. Right as we were driving out the gate, Sherri St. Romaine showed up with food! Oh my! we forgot she was coming by and we were so glad we didn't miss her. Some of the people from Sage Meadow church in Justin got together to bring us a meal. We were all so caught up in going to look at trains, that we forgot about the food! We are so thankful to all that provided this wonderful meal for us, especially after running around all day, going from store to store. The boys had a lot of fun looking at all of the train stuff. Michael really started to get tired around 1:30 p.m. so we started to head back home. Michael got a new firehouse for his train set up and a "Herbie" car model. Maybe he will be able to wait until Monday to put his model together. We are expecting to be back in the hospital on Monday to get his VAC Chemo treatment. Pray that all goes well and Michael asks that you pray that he gets to be on 3 South. I know this probably doesn't make sense to ya'll, but it does to Michael.