Radiation update

Troy was supposed to start radiation on the 20th but due to the insurance company not approving it as of that date, his treatment was moved to tomorrow, the 25th. His end date is tentatively for the 16th of January. That is scheduled to be his last day of radiation. My friend, Jennifer Costanza, is flying in from Arizona Wednesday morning and will be spending Thanksgiving with us and be helping us out (even if that is just spending time with me to get away for a bit). She will leave Sunday morning. We have a lot to be thankful for this season. We have been blessed with family, friends, and people who are becoming our friends through their caring and thoughtfulness. We had friends from Troy's work who came and visited 2 weekends ago. Matt Taylor, Will & Heather Murphy (& Hayley, their baby), & Dave McFadden all paid a visit and ate wings with Troy. It was really nice for us to have some visitors. Will helped take care of our leaves in the backyard, Dave brought some wonderful goodies that his wife, Melissa, made, and Matt brought some yummy donuts and wine. We have received 2 out of 5 cleaning services (the 3rd one set for tomorrow - Yayyy!!!) that co-workers from GE put together for us. We have been also receiving meals from the Mom's group in our development nearly daily (many thanks to Kathy Marks, Diane Cohen, Teresa Bowling, Candice Hale, Marian Jenkins, Christy Elling, Stacey Parlotto, Debbie Watt, Denise Fossette, Maryum Goodwin, Dina "didn't have last name-sorry", and Stephanie Rosato for all their wonderful cooking). Kim Barfield owner of Carter's Gymnastics has given free visits to Derek so he has an outlet to go to on Fridays while Troy is receiving treatments. The other non-cookers of the group put together gift certificates for us - a massage, Outback dinner, and movie tickets. Amy Phillips and Erin Michel are the only names I have to give credit to for this, but I know I am leaving out countless others who contributed (please express our thanks to them!). Anyway, we really are thankful for all our blessings and hope you and your families have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.