Sept. 2, 2012

(Update Mrs. Doug emailed me Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012)

Hello everyone, just wanted to give y'all an update of all that is going on with us now.  We were in Tupelo Friday afternoon and Dale was stepping up on a curb and he didn't get his foot up high enough and fell. We got him up but he had trouble standing on his right leg.  We went on home and it got to hurting worse and went back to Tupelo to have it ex-rayed and there were no broken bones just sprained.  They didn't do an MRI on it but it isn't swollen.  It still hurts to put a lot of weight on it.  Please, pray that it won't be any more than a sprain and that it will heal quickly.  He was doing so good with his walking and now this has set him back some, praying not for long.  His upper arm and shoulder are getting movement in them.  He has really come so far and is still counting on the day he can stay by himself.  His speech is getting better when I ask him something and then say the word that would go with the answer he will repeat it and then sometimes he will say things with a one word  that he is trying to tell me.  I am getting to where I can understand what he is saying and wants some of the time.  I really have to pray for patience in this.  Please, never take it for granted if you can talk and especially to your mate, it  is a cherished gift!

All the tests have been done and I will start radiation treatments this Tuesday.  I will have to take them for 5 weeks 5 days a week.  I have friends who are going to help us out by driving us there most days.  That will help so much.  I have started the cancer drug femara that I will have to take for 5 years.  So far I haven't noticed any side effects.  So, now we have the ball rolling on that and I' m ready to get this over with.  As you can see we are very busy as usual, but God is so good in giving me the strength I need.  I continually call out to Him and He hears me and comforts us.

Thank each of you for your prayers and encouraging words they mean so much.
We love you,
Dale & Doug

"²⁸ Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
    and his understanding no one can fathom.
²⁹ He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men stumble and fall;
³¹ but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint."  Isaiah 40:28-31