Another wonderful day

Hi everyone,

Please keep the prayers coming for strength and peace, God is listening!!!! I feel such a calmness in this storm! I hope I can write this same thing over and over and over again. I want you all to know "my song" throughout this ordeal is by Casting Crowns..."Praise you in this storm". If you haven't heard it ...you MUST.

Things are all coming together. I am so ready to start treatment, in a weird way I am excited. What?????????? Yeah, I am ready to get this stuff out of me and radiation, chemo and God are my weapons. I wish I could say I was going to a wonderful paradise island for three weeks, NOT.

My arrangements for are as follows: Monday morning Ray and I will drive to U of M, spend the night and come back Tuesday after treatment. I will then go back Wedneday and stay until Friday then come home after treatment. I will have Radiation every day and Chemo on Tuesdays. This schedule is all dependant on how I feel. It may come down to meeting half way on Wednesdays to see the girls for the evening. My girlfriend Kathy will be taking me the first two weeks of treatment since Ray can't get off work and Dad and Penny will be on vacation. Otherwise, Ray will take me Mon and Tues and it will rotate between Mom, Penny and Dad taking me back on Wednesday- Friday.

We have housing options. I will stay at the Wilmont House the first week. It is a house specificially for patients having radiation treatments that live out of town. After the first week we have an apartment we can rent on campus. A lot l cheaper than a hotel.

If any of you moms out there have or know of someone who has a GRACO infant base carrier, I am looking for one. I have the infant car seat, just need a base to put in my parent's car. Let me know- just need to borrow it.

I love each and everyone of you that are reading this blog, thank you especially to some very special angels this past week, Kris at work, Tricia from church ,Laura from work, hubby Ray Ray, my girlfriend Tanya who calls from Seattle just to hear my voice. You have all given me so much strength.

Love,
Lisa