After a 12-hour ride, Steph and I made it home last night. And home was such a sweet sight after 23 days in Houston, Texas.
We had plenty of offers to help from family and friends, but my sister-in-law Marian Boykin handled our dogs and our home so well we didn’t have any worries. She got an assist from her son Jacob Robertson and our friend Sharmon Christian, but Marian’s help made my surgery and recovery much less stressful.
I also cannot say enough about Dr. Keith Fournier and the medical professionals at MD Anderson. There are ads all over Houston promoting it as the nation’s top cancer treatment center. The people I encountered there back up that claim in my mind.
And I’ve written this countless times, but it can never be said enough about how much the prayers and positive thoughts have helped us. Thank you so much for caring.
At the moment, I’m down close to my high school weight of 180 pounds. It may be a shock if you see me. For now, I’m trying to eat more protein and drink more fluids, but the appetite just isn’t there yet.
What is there is the fatigue, and I’ve been told that will be there for a while. Hopefully, that will subside soon, and hopefully, that will have me back at work sooner rather than later.
It was 84 years ago a famous baseball player said it, and it’s a line I’ll write 84 years later — I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.
God bless,
Craig
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