Looks like we’re having a summer wedding!!

Yesterday I (Trish) went home in the afternoon to celebrate my sister’s 50th birthday and Karsten’s 19th birthday. My sister has been staying at our house with Collin and my parents arrived yesterday from Florida to stay for the next couple of weeks. Karsten was home for his J-term break and goes back to Taylor today to start 2nd semester. The other kids also came home so we had a full house.

Whitney has been dating a young man since May, who also graduated from Taylor, since they got reacquainted at some mutual friends weddings. Well, yesterday Ty proposed! He talked with Neal and I a couple weeks ago and since came up with a creative way to ask Whitney to marry him. Ty is a pharmacy tech at Walgreens. The pharmasist agreed to make a label with Whitney’s name from her dad (he was in the system since he perscribes meds). Ty had been “complaining” of sore gums this week. So when they got to our house yesterday they asked if Neal could call in a scrip for Ty’s gums. Neal talked with Ty about his symptoms and “called in” a cream. Britton and Ty went to Walgreens in Stevensville to pick it up. They actually met Ty’s parents at the Bridgman McDonalds to get the ring (which was in a pill bottle) and kill some time. When they arrived back at our house Ty went up to Whitney’s room to “apply the cream.” Ty asked Whitney to read the directions. The bottle had the scientific name for a diamond. Directions said to place on the ring finer and marry Ty. Signed by her dad. Of course she said yes and came downstairs to celebrate with our family and Ty’s parent’s. We video chatted with Neal so he could hear and see what was going on. Looks like we are going to have a summer wedding! It’s something for Neal to look forward to:)

Neal is feeling okay. He hasn’t had the rash or chills like they said he would from the chemo Clorarabin and Campath. Praise God! When he feels nauseous he takes some meds to ward it off. That makes him sleepy so he doesn’t feel like doing much. Tomorrow he will have the chemo called Melphalan which will be hard on his body. He will need to keep his mouth packed with ice and other cold things to prevent mouth and throat sores. Tuesday will be a day of rest. Wednesday is the big transplant day!

Pray for no mouth or throat sores tomorrow.

On the journey,
Trish