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Richard spoke with the doctor today about the results of his MRI. It was clean there is no cancer in or near the brain. Praise God for he is Good. Although the headache is being caused by a serious sinus infection. With Richard having Cystic fibrosis the mucus that is in his lungs is real thick and sticky, yucky stuff. The same thing goes for the junk in his sinuses it too is thick and sticky. Alot of CF patients sometimes have to undergo sinus surgery to take care of the problem. So after the first of the year Richard will be going to see even more Docs to figure out what the best form of treating this will be.



I have to admit I have been sick with worry. Tears have flowed from my eyes so much it's a wonder I have any left to cry. So even thogh the news isn't great a huge weight has been lifted.



Yesterday the pain in his back was the worst so far. I contemplated a few times on taking him to the ER but he wouldn't hear of it. He did mention this to the Doctor today. Thankfully his Doctor is the one on call for the Holidays. So if it gets really bad again he wants us to go to the ER and have him paged. I don't really know what they will do. I'm guessing just give him some stronger pain medicines to help him tolerate it better. Oh I just don't know, all I can do is pray and I ask you to do the same.



Christmas was really stressing me out to no end. I wanted the boys to have the best Christmas ever because as much as I may try to not think about it. This may very well be Richard's last Christmas with us. I pray not and I have no way of knowing except by what the Doctor has said. After the year we have had and all the things they have had to deal with I just wanted it to be memorable and enough to erase the bad things and for them just to be overjoyed with excitement. Even though we surround them with love it is still very hard to know that it won't always be like this.



Thanks to many of you. Christmas will be wonderful for the boys. I can not thank you all enough for everything. I want you to know that without you guys Christmas was an impossibility for us to make happen. The only things I have been able to buy were the necklaces and a Wii game that Jacob wanted that I was able to find on sale for 20 dollars. That's it. These past couple of months have been tough. I am able to keep all the bills paid and current but other than that there is hardly any extra between what I make at work and Richard's disability check. It is pretty slim pickings around here when it comes to extras. The boys understood and then with the news of the trip to Disney. We were more than elated with that being our Christmas present. But alot of you had much bigger plans. I am truly humbled and I have been shown what Christmas is all about.



The outpouring of love and support has been remarkable. Thank you all so very much.