Friday, May 28, 2010
This is Doralyn. We went to the girls spring football game yesterday and got to watch Miranda for the first time as the varsity cheer leading captain and Dayna as a varsity cheerleader. Yeah! Ferrell enjoyed seeing all the people we hang around during marching band and cheer leading seasons. It was fabulous to see him enjoying himself! Tonight we went to the country club to watch the guys come in from a night tournament. I got to meet some of the people I hear Ferrell talk about all the time. It was very cool! We are excitedly(if that is a word) looking forward to going to New York first thing Tuesday morning on a Gulf Power jet. Gulf Power is awesome! We will be there in 2 1/2 hours with a limo waiting on us to zip us to Dr. Issacson's office to go through Ferrell's radiation and chemo plan. He will be having gamma knife radiation and Temodar chemo. Radiation 5 times a week which will take all day each day. They will put him in a twilight sleep and numb the four screw holes in his head(hope he doesn't have any loose screws:-P) and then screw the halo onto his head. I bet he will look angelic with it. Then he goes into the gamma knife tube(head only) and into another locking halo. The gamma knife shots 190 something beams of radiation to a pinhead size area. Then they will move him and do this to all the areas that need radiation. Don't know how many at this point just know it will be multiple points. He has to take oral chemo everyday. Glad we have insurance that stuff costs $288 a pill and he will need several a day. Chemo is seven days a week for six weeks. We will be looking for an apartment the first couple of days we are going to be there so that the girls can come out and stay with us from mid-June to mid-July. We will be there about 8 weeks or so and then he will get 30 days off and then a week of radiation and chemo per month as long as necessary. WE WILL BEAT THIS! Please keep the prayers coming as this helps all of us tremendously. That's all for tonight. I will try to get on here more often to post.
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WOW!But then we know our Lord will keep you in his loving arms through it all, giving you the strength to persevere. And how wonderful is Gulf Power to do this for y'all!! We'll continue to talk with the Lord constantly in prayer breaths about Ferrell and all that He's allowing y'all to go through.
ReplyDeleteI was so glad Lora got to see you Doralyn - we are thinking about you and praying for you all. God does good things in so many ways - wonderful news about Gulf Power (that's a God Thing there in itself). Please keep us updated when you can - hugs to all of you.
ReplyDeleteSharon: Yes Gulf Power has been wonderful for sure. The Lord is giving us comfort through out each day. That is what keeps us going with such a good attitude. Thank you for the prayers!
ReplyDeleteStacey: Yes the flight with Gulf Power was definitely a God thing. Thank you so much for the prayers. We believe that God has his hands on us and is guiding our every step!