May the Odds Be Ever In Our Favor

If you are a "Hunger Games" fan, you will recognize the title of today's blog post. Since my last entry, the Woodruff 4 has spent that time getting our battle plan together and gathering our forces. Not being in the same physical place when the news came in was difficult. Dan got home from his Appalachian excursion about midnight on Friday so we were able to talk about what lies ahead. Dana is a different story. Heading into finals and being so far away at a time when she needed to be with her family took a little bit of a toll on her. Justin and I made a quick trip down to Bama yesterday to give her a dose of home. I can now confidently say that the Woodruff 4 is back in Warrior-mode. It took a couple of emotional days to get our feet back under us but we have done it. The update, for now, is that Denny and I are headed into St. Louis today. He is scheduled to get labs tomorrow and then we see Dr. Adkins (oncologist) to discuss what the options are. Denny's team of doctors have been working through the weekend putting together a treatment plan. Hopefully, we will have one in place by tomorrow. I will post it as soon as we know. We will be staying with Denny's sister, Anita, while we are up in St. Louis. At this point, we have no idea how long we are going to be there. My mom is coming to stay with Dan so he will not be rattling around the house dwelling on the situation. Besides, he loves it when his Grammy fixes biscuits and gravy! I'm signing off for now. I've got to get our things packed. So, let the games begin. May the odds be ever in our favor.