Dear Diary Monday...

So, my cousin Gary, who is battling cancer, has had a bad month so far and all of my energy has been devoted to him and his family. They gave him three options on the bladder cancer surgery, he opted for the one that took his whole bladder and they would need to "build" him a new bladder. He came out of a 9 hour surgery and was doing absolutely wonderful...until the doctor came in and told him and his family that they had found traces of the cancer in his lymph nodes and we all had to wait for almost three days to find out how bad that was. After many tears and phone calls, we were all happy to find out that the cancer had just barely started into the lymph nodes and so we had options. Gary finally got to come home only to be rushed back to the ER because he was not having bowel movements. He didn't have to be admitted and things finally "worked their way out" and he is doing good. Now today we are waiting to hear from the family after they meet with the Oncologist to find out how much chemo he will have to be going through. And we all have our fingers crossed that he will get all three bags removed today as well.

Other than that, life has been pretty enjoyable and not very stressful. I have been spending a lot of time just hanging out with Dylan and relaxing. In fact, Dylan and I spent all day Saturday and Saturday night not moving from our comfy couch and watching TV and videos. It was sooooooo much fun just to snuggle with him all day.

Sunday I spent the day shopping with the folks and then doing yardwork. I am having to get my Daddy out of the house one day a week or he starts to go cabin crazy. We walked around Costco and then walked around Wal-mart and then he was exhausted and wanted to go home. During this bad stretch of hot weather, he and my Mama have been working on two new quilts and have two more in "mind" that are going to be just beautiful!