Tuesday was a Full Day

It has been a few days since Tuesday but that was the day that my brother-in-law, Rick Fintelman; my brother, Steve Vandenbrink and my nephew, Kevin Menkveld were over to finish up the barn foundation. It has taken a few more days to complete the finishing touches. Not a small job! Ryan, my son was also there to help between his milking jobs. Once again, we are very grateful to all who helped on this project and all the help received in many different ways.

That afternoon we spent over 4 hours at the cancer clinic. We were able to see both radiation and chemo doctors. Many of our questions were answered that day. There really wasn't any change made to the original diagnosis with the pathology report. It is an aggressive type of cancer which we hope and pray the therapy program will successfully treat. It will take the next week for the doctors to organize the start of the treatments. The first 6 wks will be intense as there will be 5 days a week of radiation and 7 days of chemo. Four weeks of rest will follow and then one week on and 3 weeks off for a total of 6 months.
We are hoping that I can tolerate the treatments well. I am not allowed to drive and may not be working much for some time. This will be a big change for our family and will take some adjustment. But God has been good to us in the past and I'm sure He will continue to stay close beside us through the days ahead.
We will not lose hope. Our God is all powerful and in total control. We will continue to trust Him no matter what the future holds.

We plan to take our family camping trip at the end of the week which we had booked since March. We will be camping at Port Burwell with the Pennings family one long weekend and at the Pinery with the Vandenbrinks the following long weekend. We're hoping the nice weather holds out.
Gary and Joanne