I know a lot of you check the blog regularly, so I didn’t want you to think anything drastic has happened and I just didn’t post anything. We arrived home Friday afternoon around 4:00. Mike took a three hour nap in his own comfy bed then we went out for a Japanese dinner (a couple of steps up from hospital food). We let the girls stay at my parents’ Friday night, and I went to pick them up Saturday afternoon. We didn’t do anything too eventful over the long weekend—Mike finally got the hair cut he’d been fussin’ about getting the last couple of weeks, we ordered a pizza Saturday night, and went to his aunt’s house Sunday for his cousin’s 40th birthday. We wanted to go to church Sunday morning, but Ava had a nasty, nasty cough and runny nose, so I didn’t think the other parents would appreciate her presence too much. I surely wouldn’t be too happy if someone else brought their sickly child to contaminate my children!
We’re both planning on going to work tomorrow to have some normalcy in our lives. Mike isn’t allowed to drive yet, so I’ll have to take him to Northeast before I head over to Airport. He’s definitely a heck of a lot better than he was last week at this time, but he’s not 100% back to his regular self. As one of the physician’s assistants put it to us, think of Mike as being on a spectrum. Before this tumor came about, he was all the way to the left of the spectrum. When he was admitted to the hospital, he was all the way to the right of the spectrum. Now he’s in the middle of the spectrum. Hopefully, with all of your prayers and some help from the doctors at Duke, he’ll keep inching back towards the left. (This is all, of course, metaphorically speaking…don’t go reading anything political into his place on the spectrum!)
We’re both planning on going to work tomorrow to have some normalcy in our lives. Mike isn’t allowed to drive yet, so I’ll have to take him to Northeast before I head over to Airport. He’s definitely a heck of a lot better than he was last week at this time, but he’s not 100% back to his regular self. As one of the physician’s assistants put it to us, think of Mike as being on a spectrum. Before this tumor came about, he was all the way to the left of the spectrum. When he was admitted to the hospital, he was all the way to the right of the spectrum. Now he’s in the middle of the spectrum. Hopefully, with all of your prayers and some help from the doctors at Duke, he’ll keep inching back towards the left. (This is all, of course, metaphorically speaking…don’t go reading anything political into his place on the spectrum!)
On Wednesday we have appointments with a medical oncologist and a radiation oncologist here in town. Once we’re seen by Duke, the oncologists here will work in conjunction with them to give Mike the treatment Duke prescribes. We haven’t heard from Duke yet as to when we’ll be going up there, but they are closed today, so I wasn’t expecting to hear from them before tomorrow at the earliest. If anything eventful happens with the oncologists or if Duke calls, I'll post it on the blog, so everyone will know.
4 comments:
Thanks so much for keeping us all in the loop. i know it is just one more thing to do but we sure do appreciate it. Give Mike our love and please know we are standing in the gap for you all. much love, Patsi
Mrs. Starnes You and your family are in my prayers.
Love always Rea
Hey, Mrs. Starnes. George Inabinet informed me recently about Mike's illness. I taught with Mike at RNE prior to my retirement in May, 2006. Tell Mike that I am praying for him often and to hang in there. Here's hoping the doctors at Duke will be very helpful.
Love, Harold Jayroe
To All of Mike and Diane's Friends
The Richland Northeast Cavalier Family would like to help Diane and Mike offset any out of pocket expenses while at Duke and in the future. Several have asked about sending donations. If you are interested, please send a check (made payable to Diane Starnes) to:
The Mike & Diane Starnes Fund
c/o Susan Brant
Richland Northeast High School
7500 Brookfield Rd
Cola, SC 29223
We also want to keep them all in our prayers.
Susan
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