It's been a little while....

Since I've posted a picture of my brother. I like how he reminds to do a lot of things in life. Not give up, stay strong, enjoy myself, don't wait until tomorrow, enjoy the little things and in the great words of one of my favorite bands Don't Stop Believing.

He's the coolest guy you could meet, the pics are of us at the Air Show and the other is us probably causing some sort of trouble at home!!! Or maybe him showing how much taller than me he is...with his shoes off!!!

One more bit of good news...

I went to visit my bike that I'm working on paying off at Eddy's, well, I was actually making a payment but I still talked to it! :) I noticed the identical bike in a size large was on sale $200 cheaper. So I asked if they would be willing to reduce the price of mine and sho-nuff they DID!!! Yessss! I get my bike $200 sooner!!!!!! :)

A Little Ray of Sunshine Already!

After getting such terrible news about Kevin's condition Monday, I got a call on Tuesday from my brother and he sounded quite happy! Apparently the follow up scans they did Monday to verify the spreading results showed NOTHING!! They showed an all clear! Long story short, the doctors are very confused. But, at least now we there is a 50/50 chance of good news again! So, in the mean time Kev's going to continue on the chemo regimen he was on prior to surgery while they do more scans over the next few weeks to try and decide what's going on. I'm going to choose to believe the scan that showed 'spreading' was just a mistake until they find another scan that confirms the spreading! Hopefully it was all just a big error! Woohoo!

P.S. Sorry for stealing your some of your blog entry Kim! :)

ANGRY!!!

Ok, I haven't ranted in a day or so. I need to talk about my brother, his situation really bugs the hell out of me. I'm going through the question portion of why him, why us. He doesn't deserve any of this, why cancer, why him, why didn't the chemo work the first time?

The update is, my brother went back to have tests done and start up on chemo again. His tests confirmed the worst, not only was the tumor still on his kidney but has doubled in size. The cancer also spread to his adrenal glands and a small tumor on his scapula. Now we have gone from finishing up chemo treatments to continuing chemo treatments, adding two weeks of radiation therapy and a mid-December, merry fucking Christmas, removal of part or all of his kidney. I'm so angry I spent the evening crying and the night laying awake staring at the ceiling. (A big thank you to Molly for coming over from Youngstown to be with me for the evening. She's just plain incredible, words can't describe how much she means to me.)

Why the hell around Christmas, Kevin loves Christmas. He would always get enough toys to make his sister and I jealous and remind him of Christmas past when we would get 50% clothes and 50% toys instead of an 10/90 split like him.

Why do my parents have to go through this, I can see the years piling on every week when I go home to help out. My Dad won't get his shoulder looked at because he feels he needs to be ready to help out with Kevin, my Mom is beside herself. She's a nurse, she knows the damn odds that are stacking up here. Why does Kevin have to suffer at 20 years of age?

It would be nice if there was more answers than questions but that is all I can seem to find at this point in time. Sorry for the rant.

Kevin is still in good spirits and keeps his emotions close so it's hard to read him. Right now he seems OK so we will all continue to fight with, for him.

He's my hero.

VOTE TODAY!!!!

I've already sent in my absentee ballot! I think it's time for a change. :)

Browns vs. Ravens

I went to the Browns game yesterday. The game was awesome for the first 3 quarters. However, you knew it was going to go downhill quick when wide receivers started dropping balls and DA couldn't covert a 3rd down to save his miserable throwing life. I mean seriously, how many minutes does the defense have to play before they get a break? They were work out!!! My boy Sean Rogers is BIG he needs a breather!

Let's take a step back for a second, how much do these guys make? They aren't saving lives, teaching children, balancing budgets, developing a cure for cancer, dealing with clients or feeding starving children. They get paid millions to throw and catch a football, THAT'S IT! If I got paid millions to walk around on my hands, you can bet your sweet ass I would never buy a pair of shoes again! How can the Browns take a relatively simple theory and make it seem so difficult?

Anyway, Molly and I thoroughly enjoyed each others company and the atmosphere of Cleveland Stadium! We also had incredible seats!!! Check out the pics:

Dawson, warming up

7 rows back on the home side of the field

Molly and me! :)

Cribbs waiting to do his thing!

Cribbs once he did his thing, 6 points richer!

Anderson looking to happy to complete a pass!

Pumpkins!!!

Well, I've totally fallen off any sort of exercise routine. Sometimes when this happens I feel like it's meant to happen so you don't get burnt out. However, I'm ready to start back up again. I'm not sure exactly what to do but I'll figure it out.

In the meantime, last week, Molly and I carved some mean looking pumpkins. Molly mad a wicked smiley face and I carved a decent looking spider using a stencil kit.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!!!

Molly hard at work!

Our Masterpieces!!!