long week

It was a long week for Jamie--tests and consultations every day. I was out of town for work; fortunately, Jamie's sister Linde was on vacation and was able to accompany Jamie to her appointments. Jamie said it was a great blessing having Linde by her side.

I felt much better about having to be away, knowing Linde was there, as were Linde's husband Chad, and Jamie's mom Vicki, who both helped out with Jamie and the kids throughout the week.

Jamie is pretty emotionally worn out after this week. We have two more meetings next week--Monday with Dr. Jafari, the oncologist, and Tuesday with Dr. Kantorowitz, the radiation oncologist.

After those two meetings, we will hopefully have more details about the next steps.

I am reading a great book called Stand By Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men. It gives great ideas about how to love and support your wife in this situation.

One of the things it talks about is how to organize family and friends and ask for help. So that is something I will be doing soon.

It also talks about helping guard Jamie's time and communication. There are times she really wants to talk with people, and others when she doesn't. We really appreciate all the support and prayers and emails.

Please feel free to email Jamie or me, but please understand if she doesn't reply right away.

Thank you for your prayers--keep them up!

Linde painted this for Jamie and hung it in our room. Thanks, Linde!