April 18

Hi,

I hope this finds all of you enjoying the warm temperatures and the hint of spring.
We are having some work done here, so my job all week is to stay one closet ahead of the new doors being installed. So far I've taken loads to Community Clothes Closet, Harbour House, the Emergency Homeless Shelter, and Goodwill. I'm making an attempt, at least, to put our packratting days behind us. I probably should have gotten rid of double the amount I did, but that could cause a real shock to my system.

Denny is midway through this round of chemo and will see the doctor again on Wednesday. The new blood work ordered by Jim Richter showed nothing abnormal, so his wings are on hold. Tapering him off the new oral medicine for the trigeminal neurolgia is what we are now trying to do, because even the tiniest bit causes major confusion and increased weakness and dizziness. It's been a really rough couple of weeks for Den. I guess the good thing is that he doesn't seem to remember any of it from day to day.

There is a team in the upcoming Sole Burner Run (American Cancer Society)who will run in Denny's name. If any of you are interested, it's on May 9th and information for participation and/or donations can be found on-line. The Xavier mom who is responsible for organizing all of this for the O-TEAM (team name) is Amanda Lauer. This is just another example of the wonderful support we have received from the ACESXavier community. Her address is 1113 N. Hawthorne Dr, 54915, and her telephone number is 739-5717. All proceeds from the Sole Burner go directly to the American Cancer Society. Hopefully the day will come when we won't have to watch those we love suffer from this horrible disease. Right now prayers and donations for research is all we have to fight with.

Unless something happens, I'll write again next week after we see Dr. Meena. Always know that we are grateful for every prayer and thought sent our way.

Love,
Carla