Friday - getting closer

Ric is having a good day. He is mentally ready to go home. He had a nice breakfast of scrambled eggs, canteloupe, cereal, orange juice and coffee. Things internally are moving along. He was up sitting in the chair eating his breakfast when I got here this morning. He had already taken a couple laps - walking of course. The hospital floor has patient rooms on the perimeter of the floor with misc rooms in the center - so you are able to walk around the hallway on the perimeter of the whole floor. As my son said, I am the drill instructor so we've been doing two sets of laps about every 2-3 hours. He's taking a nap right now. The surgeon was just in and said as long as no setbacks he should be able to go home tomorrow. We still have a long road ahead of us but one step at a time and this is a big one. Ric is looking forward to sleeping in our bed and not having someone wake him up every couple hours to take vitals. I will miss the cafe food :) actually it's not that bad for a hospital but I am looking forward to making our own meals. Plus now he is all mine and I can start filling him up with all kinds of healthy foods to boost his immune system to get ready for the upcoming chemo. Those of you who really know me, know that I need a project to run and here is mine. It begins tomorrow. I believe in very specific prayer as I have seen it work so many times. So asking for prayers that Ric continues to heal up from the surgery, that we are able to really boost his immune system to prepare him for the upcoming chemo and that we continue to have peace and strength each day. The best thing that happened today was we received some videos wishing Ric well from our good friend Martin in Dario, Nicaragua. The videos were from students and staff at Dario Christian Academy which is the school we go to help out at in Nicaragua. Martin says he has a bunch more to send to us so we are looking forward to getting them. We love them all so much so it brings us much joy to see their faces again. Can't say it enough - thanks everyone for your prayers, love and support! Roxanne