We got home Friday and have enjoyed a peaceful Father's Day weekend with the kids. Side bar: (I just love our kids!)

As has become the norm, our plans aren't exactly what we thought. It turns out that Jeff has to be on oxygen for the next couple of weeks. He is not going to be able to return to work as hoped. We will have a follow up visit with the Pulmonalogist and the Oncologist in 2 weeks to see how things are looking. If all goes well, we will return 2 weeks after that to start treatments again for the tumor.

Maggie and I are headed to Miami on Thursday and returning the following Tuesday. Jeff will be at home or in Austin, depending on what he decides to do. You all know Jeff. He will eventually let me know his plans! I can only imagine his level of frustration with all of this. He is not one to sit around and do nothing! I wish there was something I could do or you could do to make this better, but we can't. He just has to wait patiently. GOD LOVE HIM! He really has been a trooper.

Again, thanks for the prayers. Keep 'em comin'!

Houston Update

Well, our visit to M.D. Anderson has once again been interesting. We have had some good news and some not so good news. Lets start with the good news, the MRI of Jeff's brain looked very good. There seems to be little if any evidence of tumor at this time. This is especially good news given the fact that he has had no treatments for a month. The not as good news is that we are still here. Friday morning Jeff woke up with chest pains and shortness of breath, like all good men he said don't worry about it, like all good women I ignored him. We were admitted to the emergency center where it was determined that he had blood clots in both lungs. He has been admitted and given blood thinners with the hopes of being discharged tomorrow if all goes well.

Here is the game plan as we know it today, once discharged Jeff will receive daily injections of blood thinner for six months and guess who gets to give him the shots? So guess who has the power:) The only draw back is there will be no treatment for a month while he is on blood thinner. However, the Dr. that we respect tremendously, feels very confident that this is an acceptable time frame. The other good news is we are looking forward to a full month of normalcy, Jeff plans to go back to work, back to a routine and out of the house! Jeff will not be joining us in Miami at this time but never count him out.

Thanks for taking this ride with us, keep it positive.

Just an update. We go back to Houston Tuesday the 16th for MRI and bloodwork meet with the Oncologist on Tuesday to determine next treatment method. Right now Jeff and his brother Greg are at the ranch working on a well! This is a huge step from just a few days ago when he could hardly get off the couch. We are still hopeful that his treatment plan can be scheduled around our planned trip to Miami at the end of the month. We really want to watch Maggie play at the National volleyball tournament! We'll keep you posted.