All In Less Than 24 Hours

I had all these things in my head that I had planned to say about why I love this song, how it has affected me, how it has been in my life consistently this past week, blah, blah, blah... but decided to just let it make it's own statement.

The past couple of days has been a whirlwind for all of us. Thursday morning, Roy met with a surgeon to discuss placing a port in his upper right chest area. This port is to help with the infusion of Gemzar, Roy's chosen Chemotherapy. Little did anyone know that less than 24 hours later, he would be in surgery at Florida Hospital Altamonte Surgical Center Friday morning having it placed. Jack, Shi, Lee, Sheryl, the kids and the whole gang were all there supporting Roy. Of course, Colby was very worried about "his job" as he calls it, of taking care of Pappaw. Jack called me at school to tell me a sweet story: After surgery, Roy was in recovery, and before the nurses were ready for anyone to come in, Colby looked at Jack and said, "Daddy, Pappaw NEEDS me to hold his hand! I need to be with him!". Long story short, the next thing I knew, Jack was calling to say that Colby was back there holding Roy's hand, while the rest of them were in the waiting room. Go figure... :)

We are still waiting on the blood test results concerning the liver. Roy is extremely jaundiced, and now his feet are swelling profusely most likely as a result of the liver not functioning properly. Hopefully we will hear more quickly and the stint for his liver will be placed in due time. Chemotherapy is scheduled tentatively to begin this Friday.

If I could ask one thing other than prayer from the family, it is to send Roy or Shi a card. They absolutely LOVE correspondence, and it lifts their spirits to read the well wishes. That is all for now. I begin teaching a new crop of third graders tomorrow, and the week of preplanning and no sleep is quickly catching up to me. :)