Happy Thanksgiving and a very happy birthday

Look what Dave gave me for my birthday! A purple computer!! I love it. It's a mini Dell and will fit right in my purse. I have had a very nice birthday. I slept until 9:00, Mama cooked a big yummy Thanksgiving meal, we had birthday cake, skyped with Dave's family, and now relaxing with the kids. Dave is having a good day. yay! It is raining and the temperature is dropping. It's gonna be in the 50's tomorrow. woohoo!!! What a great birthday present that is...cold weather.



Another great present is my new Keurig coffee maker from mama and daddy. I love good coffee and this makes some good coffee. So I have had a great birthday. I hope all of you have a had a happy thanksgiving and taken some time today to think about all you truly have to be thankful for.

How thankful I am for.....

Everyday this month I have been keeping a list of things I am thankful for. It is not an exhaustive list by any means, but it has made me stop at the end of some pretty long hard days and remember to be thankful. So this is my list. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving ! !

MD Anderson
good nurses and doctors
sisters = lifelong friends

Dave feeling better :)

mama and daddy driving really fast to get to houston

abby, erin , and, samuel

sarah from houston

visits from friends

ice cream

my crock pot

home school....even on days like this

good friends

Wii

skype

cool weather

sleep, restful sleep

GPS in the Jeep

chocolate birthday cake

walking on the beach in November

girl time with Abby and Erin

sunshine

Alabama football

painting with the kids

library books

frozen yogurt

long walks in the park

1000 piece puzzles

good coffee

lazy mornings and school in our pjs

days when Dave feels good

an apartment in Houston

Grace Fellowship

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Colossians 3:16

Good News! Dave is getting to go home today. To the apartment home not our home. The doctors think he is doing well enough to get out of here. He has had lots of nausea and a headache that lasted a while. BUT.....he is feeling much better today. They gave him Compazine for nausea and it was great. It stopped the nausea and knocked him out. He has eaten pretty well today. He even got up and we went for a walk down the hall . He is very glad to be going home today. He will get his next Lovenox shot around 4pm .....courtesy of me :) ......I am going to be giving him these at home, so I need to show them I can do it before we leave the hospital. So we should be ready to go shortly after that. Looking forward to getting home and cooking some yummy food with my mama and my girls for Thanksgiving!!

Today has been an OK kinda day. Dave is taking nap now. He has a headache that we are trying to stop before it gets any worse. He will not be able to go home today. They want to keep him here and observe him a little more, make sure he is doing well on the lovenox. What we understand about the blood clots is that this is pretty normal for cancer patients. The kids are with my parents at the apartment. So thankful to have them here with the kids knowing they are in good hands so I can take care of Dave .

Dave is settled in to his bed at the hospital. Hopefully he will only be here one day. They started him on Lovenox (blood thinner) and just want to monitor him since he had clots in both lungs. He is still having some pain in his left side when he takes deep breaths. He is getting some morphine so hopefully he will be able to rest well tonight. My parents got here around 6 pm so the kids will be with them tonight. I am so thankful they are here so I am able to stay with Dave. The kids got to go see a play tonight with a sweet lady who is a good friend of one of our friends from home. They were super excited about getting out. I hope they had a great time and didn't think about any of this for a few hours!



This is the story of our day. Friday night Dave started coughing and coughed up some blood. He went on to sleep after that and woke up around 5:30. He was having pain in his left side. He said on a scale of 1-10 the pain was an 8. We all jumped up threw on clothes and headed to the ER. I dropped him at the door and went to park. The kids and I rushed in and after a few minutes and one minor meltdown (that's a whole story in itself), we made it to the room with Dave. They started running test immediately. They did blood work, chest x ray, and a ct scan. The doctor came in at noon and told us he had clots in both lungs. and that is where we are now. One thing that I am learning through this is we have to take this one thing at a time, try not to think ahead, because we never know what tomorrow will hold with this cancer. Another thing I am learning is that God is giving me just enough grace to make it through each thing with this cancer. I know Dave is learning too, maybe he will do a post sometime and share with all of us. We appreciate every single person who has prayed for us today and everyday.

Please pray for Dave. We had to go to the ER this morning. He was having pain in his back (left side). After a CT we know that he has blood clots in both lungs. They have started him on blood thinner and are admitting him to the hospital. I'll update as we know more.

Dave is feeling a little better today. He is still really tired but the nausea is mostly gone. The kids and I met some of our friends that were passing through Houston tonight. The kids were so excited to get to see some of their friends. It was a short visit, but was so good to get to see them. We wanted to grab something to eat. They had been driving all day and our kids have to be quiet alot in this apartment, so we wanted to find a McDonald's where they could play and be loud. I think I picked the worst McDonald's in the city. I should have known right after we walked in it would not be a good place to eat, but we tried it anyway. I was so nervous I could hardly eat. I guess its never good when a police officer has to stand in the restaurant and another is patrolling the parking lot. Well anyway, we ate fast and got out of there.

We are looking forward to next week. Mama and Daddy are coming for a visit and to spend Thanksgiving with us. I can't wait to do some holiday cooking with my mama. I'm glad Dave's treatment was last week so hopefully he will feel good for Thanksgiving.

Today my little sisters turned 32. We skyped with them tonight and were so sad we were not there in all that chaos : ) If you have ever had a meal at Mama and Daddy's with all of us you know what I'm talking about. It's a good kind of chaos with mama, daddy, 4 daughters, 4 son in laws, and 10 grandchildren. So thankful to be able to skype with them tonight. Happy birthday Lori and Giny.