Sunday, January 4, 2009

New Year's Update on Ray

Ray finished up 6 weeks of chemo around December 19th. His doctor called on Christmas Eve with Ray's latest lab reports and said that it looks like the chemo did not work. He will be taking Ray's case back in front of the Bone Marrow Transplant Board in January.

Obviously Ray became extremely depressed over this news, so we all did everything we could to cheer him up. Ray's biggest wish was to see snow, so, I booked us a week's stay at a family resort ranch in New York. We flew to New York the day after Christmas. We spent 5 days at the resort horse back riding, snow skiing and tubing, enjoying shows, good food and campfires. On our last day, we drove into the city and saw the sites with my cousin and her partner. This was the most energy and fun I had seen Ray have in a very long time! We had a blast.

We are now home recuperating from our trip. Ray wanted to stay longer, but it was time to come home and face the music. We ask for your prayers in Ray's next step in this journey.

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