Chemo #10-Day 5

This last month has gone by pretty fast for us. Vince celebrated his 22nd birthday on Sept.10th and he and Mikemo spent the whole day together, which I was very happy about. Bobby (my son in law) celebrated his birthday on Sept. 11th , Bernadette (Vince's girlfriend) celebrated hers on Sept. 13th and I had mine on Sept. 17th, so September is always a busy month for us.

Since Vince was diagnosed, Mikemo has been traveling quite a bit, so they really haven't seen each other that much, considering they used to spend 95% of their time together, skateboarding. On Vince's birthday they got home around 8 pm and we went to Buca Di Beppo (Italian food, of course) for dinner and we came home and had cake and celebrated kind of late. Overall, it was quiet and nice, which is nothing like last year when just 5 days before his 21st birthday we found out about his cancer, and he ended up having

a bone biopsy on his birthday. What a difference a year makes.

Vince and Mikemo went to the east coast for a much needed break! They went for the Matix Clothing Co. Recession Tour. Vince was gone for 10 days and Mikemo is coming home in the next few days. Here is a photo when they were in New York. Vince is in the middle, wearing the black shirt and hat. Too bad Mikemo isn't in this photo.

My parents came down from Northern California and spent a week here, visiting with my brothers and I. My mom had to be here to see her heart doctor and she is doing great! In January of this year she had a near fatal heart attack and ended up in a coma for 6 days and she is doing so much better than she has in years! Apparently her defibrillator/pacemaker is doing it's job! Yay for electronics (and God's grace, of course:)

Veronica got her driver's license and is enjoying her freedom, but of course, not without all our texts to see where she is and what she is doing. No TEXTING while driving is our new motto, even for ourselves.

Vince is on his 5th day of chemo as I write this and we are guessing we will go home before noon tomorrow! This stay hasn't been as bad as it has in the past, because he hasn't been sick at all! Each time we come to the hospital, it seems as though they make different adjustments to his treatments. For instance, in the past they have given him blood thinners, but we found out as long as he is up and around that he doesn't have to have them. So, that is something he will not be getting anymore! Also, they put glucose in one of the I.V.'s which they decreased the amount in, so he doesn't have any need to get insulin shots, which they have given him a few times since we were here, and in the past, so now we have that one figured out, so no more insulin!! Yikes! It's always something! My advice....ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS! People will respond and try to do their best to figure it out with you!

Vince had an xray of his humerus, a CT Scan and a Bone Scan while he has been here and the doctor said that everything looks great! He still has to have PET Scan in the next few weeks. Thank you Jesus for clean scans! Whoo hoo!!!

The bracelets have been a big hit! If you would like to order one, you can click on the link on the top right hand side of the blog. Just so you know, those of you who ordered the bracelets and haven't gotten them yet, they will be shipped out hopefully at the end of next week. Thank you to everyone who has ordered! You have made Vince's burden a bit lighter! Bills are getting paid! Yay! And, yes, we do ship to foreign countries and have gotten quite a few orders! It's so great to know that people from all over the world are praying for Vince!