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  Anne has been spending her days at the hospital with Justus. Heather and the boys are not due back until Sunday, I believe. Originally, his doctor had said that he should be released on Saturday. But this has changed.   Thursday night was pretty rough for him. He couldn't sleep all night and, then, this morning he was nauseaus and vomiting. He still doesn't have the strength to walk the halls unaided and that is a major stumbling block. They will not even consider releasing him until he's ambulatory.   Today, they changed his pain medication from morphine to dilaudid (with a control button for him) and took him off of solid food and back onto liquid diet. The nurse, who was very attentive, told Anne and I that they believe he'd been moved to solids too soon.   Needless to say, he's very disappointed that he's not going to be able to coach James' soccor game on Saturday (tomorrow). One of the parents has stepped up to fill in and I promised to be the substitute photographer for Heather, though. So, I think we've got it covered.   Anne got some interesting news from the doctor's office today. They are going to check her into the hospital on Monday morning and keep her for 24-hours while they hydrate her and give her the new chemo treatment. Then, on Tuesday morning she'll go to receive her radiation treatment. This will be followed by four more days of radiation only and repeated every week.   The new schedule is mostly upsetting to her because of tour planned visitors. However, she assures me that she's going to have the schedule shifted to make sure that she's free while family is in town.   Double up on your prayers! "I need more power, Scotty!" LOL   Bless you & yours for a happy, healthy life. Don and Anne   ---
Love is the music of life;
Compassion is its melody.
  - Don Peer ( o)==#

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