08/14/06

Jesus is working overtime not only with everyone helping us keep our house in its daily routine but the daily blessings we are receiving in Joes diagnosis. We were able to get in to see Dr. Carroll at UAB today at 2:00 (can you believe that!) We have decided to transfer all our care to UAB. Dr. Carroll said that we should still get the Hickman IV put in tomorrow at Brookwood Hospital because it was already scheduled. We have to be there at 6:00am and the surgery will begin at 8:00am. Joe will also still have a CAT scan done at Brookwood on Wednesday at 2:30pm and we will just take the results to UAB.

Our next visit to UAB will be on Wednesday 8/16 @ 8:00am when we will meet with an Oncology and chemotherapy team of doctors to determine the course of action they are going to take. After speaking with Pat Sullivan (he had the same cancer as Joe) and Bryan Wilks (works with ENT doctors) we have determined that being at a Cancer Facility will be the best thing for Joe. We want to thank those guys for taking the time to make sure we had all the information that we needed to make an informed decision about this. We are truly blessed with great family and friends. Thank you all so much.
Love,
Crystal