Road Trip!

When Daddy was going through treatment and during his two months in the hospital, his siblings and their spouses were great about coming up to visit him. (And my kids LOVE when Uncle Bud, Aunt Dot, Aunt Betty, Aunt Linda and Uncle Dave come visit.) Now, he's going to visit them this week! He hasn't traveled anywhere for quite a while, and the fact that he feels up to a multi-day road trip says a lot about how much better he is feeling now. So, look out, Georgia! :)

On a more serious note, please pray for our friend, Kofi, who was diagnosed with cancer in the past 2 weeks. It was a rather sudden diagnosis and has metatasized. He has a wife and 2 kids (one in high school, one in elementary school). He has been a great friend to Daddy, and visited Daddy frequently during his long hospital stay.

Team Garrett

It's official! Corrie (who will be 5 and is terribly excited about running) and I signed up to run in the Purple Stride Atlanta on November 13. It's a 5k Family Fun Run/Walk hosted by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network to raise awareness and funds for research. We're recruiting for our team-- Team Garrett -- won't you consider joining us or supporting us? Here's a link to our team page.

http://pancan.kintera.org/purplestrideatlanta10/teamgarrett

And We're Back...

Sorry for the gap in posts -- I was on vacation, and forgot to update before I left. My whole family (3 girls and husband) had a weird virus two weeks ago-- the main symptom seemed to be laying around crying with no appetite for 3 days. I couldn't get the girls to tell me what was wrong, if anything hurt, etc. Then my husband got it and said he just hurt all over. He stayed in bed for a day, and took 2 more days to really recover. (You can see where this is heading, right?). Well, Daddy got it. We had been out at their house one day when my oldest daughter all of a sudden started acting like she felt bad -- really just crying and laying on the couch. Of course, Pop-Pop had to comfort her, and 3 days later he was in bed for 3 days. The good news is that he's much better now and back on the road to regaining his strength. The bad news is that it obviously takes him much longer to recover -- probably twice as long and he feels like it set him back a couple of weeks. Otherwise, since he recovered, he's doing well -- he was back to making barbecue sauce (not the meat yet) the other day. Seems like there was something else I was going to post about but it's late and my brain has shut down for the night!