God's greatest gift to mankind . . .

Yesterday morning was the last of the Disatinib (Chemo) because of the ill effects it is having on Van’s system. His body can’t tolerate it. Today is a lot better than yesterday but he is still experiencing some nausea. So he took some Adavan in his I.V. to get rid of nausea, a couple of Roxycodone for pain, and a couple of Ambian to help him sleep. So now you have a man completely devoid of any care or conscience in the entire universe sitting next to me eating original corn nuts one by one in order to savor them longer thinking that they are God’s greatest gift to mankind (with the exception of the China Patter, of course).

Last night when Van was so ill, Joel Jones and his Father-in-law (who is a missionary here at this hospital), came and gave Van a priesthood blessing to provide him with the strength that he was needing to bare up during this horrible pre-transplant period. Power was given, blessings received and promises ensured. It was beautiful and will pay dividends for eternity.