Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Looking for prayers and good wishes

Do I give you too much sad/bad news? If so, you can be honest with me. I'll take it all into consideration. But first we need to talk about Gail.

Again, not the Gail of Chuck and Gail, my other Gail. I told you a little bit ago that she'd had surgery for a brain tumor. I got more news about her situation today.

She is having another surgery tomorrow, in an attempt to remove more of the tumor. Then they will attack with daily chemo and radiation for six weeks, then put her onto an oral chemo for up to a year.

The journey to this point took them to neuro-oncologhy appointments at Duke Medical at the university in North Carolina and to Sloan Kettering in New York before they decided to place themselves in the hands of the staff at Brigham and Women's and Dana Farber here in Boston. It presents itself with the promise of being a log, hard journey.

I am overwhelmed with sadness at the dire description of what is coming for Gail and her family. I can only hope and pray they they are all in the best possible hands.

I don't know what else to do at this moment but pray. I hope you have one you can share with me, for Gail and her husband Roger, her children Anne and Colin and her new granddaughter Francesca. Bless them, every one of them.

Thank you.

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