Here we go again ~

It's the eve of May 18th and tomorrow is the next scheduled radiation treatment. This one is another gamma knife procedure, aimed at attacking the new extension of the original tumor. The procedure takes at least 4 hours from start to finish, and my Dad will be tired afterwards. Please pray with us that they are able to really get in there and put this tumor down once and for all!
The trip to Phoenix was great! My Dad did well with the traveling and both my parents enjoyed being back in Phoenix. They have a profound love for Phoenix and they had a good time re-visiting a lot of their old haunts. The highlight of the trip was a mini family reunion with my Dad's two brothers and almost all of their families - we were about 30 in total. My cousin Donny and his wife Erica graciously opened their home to all of us and we had a great time catching up, eating and most of all laughing together! My Dad took a few moments as the family patriarch to address everyone and to remind us all to seize the moment and take advantage of all of life's opportunities. He has definitely modeled that for all of us, and he also wanted to remind everyone of how much he loves his family and is proud of each and every one of us -- besides being a family with a great sense of humor, we are also a bunch of saps, so there wasn't a dry eye in the house as we all reaffirmed our love for each other and my Dad. Thank you, Donny and Erica, for making our "reunionette" possible.
We also got a chance to visit with Marsh Tremble, my parents very good friend and best man at their wedding. That was pretty cool since it was a trip to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary! We drove by the first house they lived in together, old high schools, places of work, my dad's paper route etc.. - it was a real trip down memory lane!
Well, just wanted to give everyone a quick up date -
lovingly, Tami and family