Man Cave, Flying & Home Theater

Posted for Sheri...

Hi Everyone,

I figured since there have been so many phone calls wondering how Wally was doing, I thought I better get on the ball and update this blog.

Well, you can't keep Wally down, especially when he had an offer to go to sunny Las Vegas for a few days with a friend. He had a great time seeing shows, eating and taking a ride over to Hoover Dam in a convertible in the SUN! (Yes, I'm jealous!) He has been actually feeling exceptionally well these days so if you see him in person and ask how he is doing, he will probably flash you his T-shirt which he got from the Las Vegas show of "Spamalot". It reads, "I'm Not Dead Yet".

God has been truly gracious to him since he really hasn't had too hard of a time with his chemo these last 3 times. He had his CT scan, x-ray, and blood draws last week and was very relieved to hear that all looked good. The cancer has not spread and the tumor has not grown so he has stayed stable and can continue with the treatment.

We have hit the six month mark. I can't figure out if it feels like forever or just yesterday that he was diagnosed with cancer. I suppose it depends on the day. He has six more months to go with this particular treatment and then the doctor and Wally will evaluate the situation and come up with some sort of maintenance plan.

Wally finally gave in and had a port put into his chest last Thursday so that the nurses can more readily administer the chemo and draw blood without having to continue to stick the veins in his arm. We'll see how it works in a few days when he goes in for his next treatment.

He continues to stay busy with projects such as our wine cellar (or man cave, dungeon, retreat - it has many names), figuring out where to put a garage, contemplating flying lessons - yes, FLYING, as in an airplane, still involved with Sleep-X, many lunches with the guys (more than any women I know), updating our entertainment room (we've been here almost 2 years so it was obviously very technologically outdated - I'm still trying to figure out how to use the old remote controls!).

I still make Wally drink his "cancer" tea which I'm sure he does strictly to appease me or he just doesn't want to hear me nag at him:) He is very much at peace with this trial God has placed before him and his latest favorite verse which brings him much peace is from Matthew 6:27 "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" He continues to be joyful as he lives the life God has given him and desires to serve Him in whatever capacity that may be.

Thank you all again for your prayers, emails, phone calls, cards, visits, etc. We both appreciate them so very much.

Until next time,

Sheri