June 22

Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in updates. I've been out of town with Calen's travel ball team since Friday at 2pm and just got back into Auburn around 8pm tonight.

Mark is doing well. He continues to heal and had a quiet weekend with all of us gone. His mother stayed here to help take care of him and I think they just sat around and didn't do a whole lot. I'm sure they both enjoyed the quiet time. It is hectic around here with all 3 kids at times. Mark's incision continues to heal. We have an appointment tomorrow morning at the Surgery office to have them look at it. It is still draining some from the bottom where it is open, but doesn't look infected. It will have to heal from the inside out and will take a while in that spot. The rest of the incision is looking really nice.

We will have one more week with the catheter in. Pray hard this week that Mark is successful. That has been REALLY frustrating for him!!! He is still taking the Flomax every night.

Mark hasn't really started putting his weight back on. I had forgotten how thin he'd gotten until I saw him again after being away for the weekend. He has lost so much muscle mass in his legs. Hopefully we can get him up and moving more to help that out some.

Calen's team did well in Hoover this weekend. They placed 2nd overall which was outstanding. We were really pround of them. Next weekend Colton has a tournament in Alabaster. Mark is hoping to feel well enough to travel for it and maybe get to travel from the hotel to the game for an inning or two now and then. We will see how that goes.

For all of you prayer warriors out there, keep praying for healing and strength for Mark's body. Pray that all the cancer cells were destroyed and that the upcoming surgery and chemo go smoothly. God bless!!!