New Blog For Gordon

I have created a new blog for my dad that we will be using to blog about his situation. Both him and I are authors on it, so you will be probably hearing from both of us on it. I did this so that my family blog won't get in the way of those who are just wondering about my dad. The blog address is www.gojoehler.blogspot.com and there is a link on the top right of my blog that will take you directly there. Thank you so much for all you love and support!

Words from Gordon

My dad made a comment on one of my posts, but I'm not sure if everyone looks at that part or not so I wanted to post it.

This is Gordon. I just read Michelle's blog. She's doing a great job. I really appreciate her efforts to keep it up to date. She's an awesome daughter and mother as well. The weekend was really tough. The chemo, dyes for the testing, and all of the traveling messed me up and I ended up in the emergency room. I'm doing great now. Thanks to everyone.

Another Update

If your anything like me and are anxiously awaiting any news at all, than it's probably been driving you crazy not knowing what's going on since my last blog update. Well, really we don't know very much more. Things got put off a little again, but my dad finally starts chemo tomorrow. We found out today that he is not going to be getting the extra dosage/experimental drug. He still will be part of the research, he will just be the part that doesn't get the drug. I'm not sure if this is good or bad and I don't fully understand it all. I know we have been praying that my dad will have to do the minimal suffering and with the experimental drug he would probably be lots sicker, but on the other hand it could have increased his life. Once again though, it's in the lords hands so he will be here as long as he is meant to be. I also haven't mentioned (because I wasn't told this til after my last blog) that his cancer is at a stage 4. That is the worst stage it could be at. Anytime it spreads from one organ to another it is considered stage 4. This past week my dad has been to two appointments, but we really haven't learned much more. They wanted to do another pet scan and some other types of scans, but I'm not really sure why. My dad says, "Just because they can!" Anyway, he has learned some useful information at these appointments as far as diet and exercise type stuff, but really nothing is new. Like I said, he starts chemo tomorrow (friday the 6th) and I will continue to keep everyone updated. If there isn't an update, it's not because I forgot, it's just because I don't really know anything new. Once again, thank you for all your prayers, love and support!