Long Time

Sorry for the long stretch of no posts. Dad had a few good weeks after Thanksgiving but then last weekend got hit pretty hard and hasn't felt good since. He called his urologist but can't get in until January 8th. His body is just too tired to fight both the cancer and this infection. I keep asking him to call and see if they know just how bad it is and could they see him sooner. Mom and I both think he is getting dehydrated again because he doesn't have the energy to even eat. Usually he ends up in the hospital when he gets dehydrated.

He does have this week off from chemo but it seems that the infection is worse than the side effects of the chemo. He say he takes all of his pain meds (vicodin, Tylenol with codeine and something else) and it doesn't even touch the pain of this infection. If he doesn't get seen for a change in medication for the infection, he really doesn't have the week off.

Their plans for Christmas is to just stay home. Dad just hasn't felt good enough to really do anything. He was very disappointed to miss the church Christmas program yesterday. I told him maybe next year and his response implied there might not be a next year. It has been almost a year since he was diagnosed and it has been a very hard one for both he and mom. I pray the next one will be better.

I posted a picture of mom and dad taken at mom's work Christmas party last weekend. Don't they look good!!! This was the night before dad started not feeling too good.

On behave of Larry and Sherry Cameron and their extended family, we want to wish each of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. Remember: "He became one of us . . . so we could become one of His."

Blessings,

The Camerons and The Douglass'