-Donelle, What a wonderful post. It sounds like you had such a good
time with Rob and everyone. What a blessed man he is to have you for
a mom, what wonderful surprises you had for him. It sounds like he
was a thrilled man to fly a plane for the first time. Good friends
coming back into your life is a blessing as well. When I go to NY
for my second opinion, I plan on visiting old friends in NJ while I
am there.....Prayers to you and Rob, love Patti


-- In colon_cancer_support@yahoogroups.com, Grandmommyandme@... wrote:
>
>
> Hi everyone....
>
> Hope y'all had a very Happy Thanksgiving holiday!!! I have been
> keeping up with the posts, just not enough time to respond too
often.
> Know that I'm continually praying for each and every one of you!!!!
> All prayers are answered....
>
> Scott is doing very well.....but please keep praying for him/us.
The
> little ones are behaving exactly like little ones do. And that is
very
> exhausting to Grandmommy.... last night I had a night off!!! All
> 3 kids went to the church....they are in the Christmas Play and
they are
> having a practice tonight, a sleepover at the church and breakfast
in the
> a.m.
> All I had to do was get them ready and send a bag of apples and
some graham
> crackers. Whooo Hooo!!!
>
> Rob has been up here the last 2 wks. He was able to eat and enjoy
> Thanksgiving Dinner....thank you, God. He actually ate very well
while
> here, even though he was on chemo. I fixed a few of
his "favorites" and
> we ate cheesesteak subs, crabcakes, shrimp, NY Strip Steak,
desserts and
> chocolate ..... He gained 6 lbs. and that's wonderful, cause he
has not an
> ounce of fat on him....unlike his Mommy....LOL
>
> I employed an Aviation Co. to take him up in a plane ride....a
life long
> dream
> of his to pilot a plane. After talking with him for about 30
mins., the
> instructor
> actually let him take the pilot seat and she sat in the "learners"
seat. Rob
> took off, flew about an hour and landed the plane. He was/is in
7th
> Heaven!!!
> His 2 brothers went with him, so it was a moment to remember!!!
We have a
> video and photos....yeah!!! Rick and Scott were excitedly scared
> poopless....LOL
> The Aviation Co. was very, very nice....they knew the situation
and were all
> for
> Rob being able to fly the plane, even knowing he would never be
able to take
> lessons. He's flown simulators for 10 yrs. and the instructor
said she
> thought he
> could get his pilot's license in 3 mos. instead of a year. That's
not
> really important
> to Rob....he just wanted to see if he could actually fly it
himself, but
> never expected
> to be handed the total flight. He was giddy with delight and
self-esteem
> afterwards.
>
> As a surprise to and unbeknownst to Rob, I located and chatted
with his best
> friend from high school for several weeks before Rob came up.
They had lost
> touch for years. As we had
> planned, she just walked in my kitchen one night and Rob looked up
to see
> her standing
> there....tears were shed by all!!! She saw him several times
while he was
> here. We met
> her son who is almost grown....she met Scott's kids and we had
photos of
> Rob's. My ex, Rob's
> Dad, came over one night to see her. She will be a huge supporter
for
> him...she has tremendous faith and will not hesitate to rely on it
for him/with
> him. She's really upset that he's so sick....she promises to
stay in my life,
> too. I'm happy about that.
>
> Tues. Rob and I went to D. C. to see the V. N. Memorial Wall and
the new WWII
> Memorial....another of the things on his list of "things to do".
He had
> just finished
> his 2nd round of chemo (which is pill form....he takes 28 days and
then 14
> days off
> for the body to repair and replete) So he felt much better than
he had all
> last week.
> He has a CT Scan scheduled this morning to see what's going on
inside his
> body. The chemo, in this instance, is not expected to shrink or
irradicate
> the tumors....
> our only hope is that it will stop the blood supply to the tumors
and slow
> the growths.
> We prayed heavily over him the last 2 Sundays in church while he
was
> here....personally,
> I'm still praying for a miracle!!! I haven't really learned how
to pray
> within God's Will, but I'm trying....He just left to go back to FL
Thursday
> night and I'm very sad, I miss him so much.
> Now we all need to get through Christmas and then Chelsea and I
will go down
> to visit late Dec. or early Jan....maybe take him to the Keys or
on a
> cruise....haven't decided yet. He may want to do
> those things with his wife instead of his Mom and niece, Chelsea.
>
> Probably more than y'all wanted to know....but thanks for
caring!! Counting
> on everyone's
> prayers!!!
>
> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle
>
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