Thomas starting chemo treatments 9/29/10

Thomas has had his radiation on his left hip to see if the tumor that had increased and was causing so much pain could be put back in control. It did seem to help, but, after the radiation more scans were done to see what effect had taken place and the doctors found that the cancer has now spread from the hip down his femur bone in his leg. The only other treatment that they can try is a type of chemo that may get the spreading of the cancer back under control. He has opted to take a treatment once a week for 3 weeks, have a break and continue as such for as long as needed. It may make him sick, won't know until he gives it a try. They had told him he could take a treatment once every 3 weeks, but that this method would definitely make him real sick for about a week, so he decided to try the once a week for 3 weeks instead.

We can only hope and pray that these treatments will help him and again get this ugly beast under control.

They have finally closed and moved into their new house and are currently trying to get things organized. It is a beautiful place, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, full 2 carport garage plus free standing carport at back of house. It also has a full underground pool, hottub and a beautiful fenced in patio circling the pool. A small utility house equipped with a comode for outside use when using the pool. A cute little sign on the fence that reads, "welcome to our OOL! Notice there is no "P" in the pool so lets keep it that way. LOL Their new home is sitting on a beautiful lot and in a very nice neighborhood. They are really quite proud of it. Julie has already made a new friend, a little girl 6 years of age lives right next door. So they have become friends already. They are riding the bus to and from school together, so that has been a plus too. Julie seems to love riding the bus and still loves school. A-Plus!

Life can be filled with so much heartache, but at the same time, life is still going strong for Thomas and he is still our lift for support, he's looking forward to Thanksgiving at the new house for all our families, Stacie has volunteered to cook and he's going to be celebrating his 28th birthday on Nov 21st. I know the "Big Man" has had a plan for Thomas for a long time and I pray he will continue to be with us to fulfill these plans for a much longer time.

Please keep him in your prayers and always try to see each and every day as a wonderful new beginning of life.

With love and thanks
Pat