Greetings all....!!!!

We’re very encouraged after a successful procedure installing the tesio catheter.  Yeah! 

Irene is resting comfortably and looking forward to the next step of beginning the chemotherapy.  We’re still unsure as to when that will occur....

In the meantime…

Thank you for the strong support of blood banking on behalf of Irene’s immediate need.  Please see the “Donate Blood for Irene” for additional information! It’s really not that bad!  I’ve been donating blood for over 25 years… although Gary Daichendt told me that next time he’ll bring flowers instead!!!! 

We are learning that this process is a marathon and not a sprint… Irene has a long road ahead but is very encouraged by God’s grace and love expressed through the outpouring of so many...!!!!  Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is hopefully a rest and recovery day.  I am the FOOD POLICE… making sure that she gets “bulked” up for the next phase…

Take a look at these photos and rejoice with us. Who else could smile in the face of such adversity but those who know that “our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us (Romans 8:18)”?

Trusting and trudging ahead, one day at a time… and sometimes, one moment at a time,
Dave