Sunday, December 6, 2009

First and foremost~~~Happy Anniversary Jeremy and Lucy. Today is my son
and daughter-in-love's 6th anniversary.

Good evening. IT IS SNOWING!!! It is so beautiful. We woke up to a cold,
mostly cloudy, windy day. In church we could here the wind picking up and
howling (we were sitting close to a window). We could see the storm coming
over the mountains on the way home. Then, when we were almost home, it
started snowing. Lightly, at first. It was so windy that the snow was
pretty much blowing sideways. Then we went to a place called Red's for
lunch; compliments of David's PT office. They gave David a gift card for
that place. It was very yummy!! David ate a little over 1/2 of his
hamburger; so we were happy about that. It has pretty much been snowing
ever since. It is accumulating on the ground; woo-hoo!! And it is COLD!
But, again, we have a nice warm fire going.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. The kids went to sushi for lunch. The
girls said that David ate pretty good. I can tell he is forcing himself to
eat. But we figure that if he forces himself and eats more, maybe he will
feel better and want to eat more, then he will feel better and want to eat
more, etc. We sooooo hope to avoid the feeding tube! When they got home
from sushi we went and got a little (2 feet high) real tree for the living
room. David says he misses having a real tree, with the smell and all, so
we said we would get a small one for the living room. It is on a table, so
it looks really cute in there. We spend most of our time in the family
room; where the fake tree is; but the living room is kinda my 'retreat'
room. I like to go in there when I just want to be alone and have some
peace and quiet. It is a very peaceful room. Anyway, after we got home
from that we went to church. The church is all decorated and looks great!
I am looking forward to each Saturday night service this month. They have
a different Christmas 'theme' each week. Saturday night was 'Youth' night;
more contemporary music and the younger children were in the service for
the singing part. Next week will be a 'Country' Christmas theme. Then the
following week will be a 'Classic' Christmas theme. I will let you know
how those go. The message was about 'Following the Star.' It was good.
Then we came home and David had 3 leftover enchiladas! I am happy to see
him eat. He really likes my pork enchiladas. And that was Saturday.

Church this morning was good. David doesn't always feel like going, but he
went today. He probably shouldn't have gone, though. He is feeling ok, but
loosing his voice. He has a cold, and now he is getting hoarse. But I am
glad we went. The sermon was about something Bryon and I have talked
about, many times. It was about God's omnipotence. We know God CAN do
anything; it just doesn't mean He will. That can be such a struggle for
us, sometimes. Pretty much God does what He wants. I know that what He
does He has a reason for, but that is just really hard to swallow
sometimes. It was a really good sermon. Then for dinner David ate 10
chicken nuggets. He didn't really know what he wanted to eat, and I found
some frozen chicken nuggets in the freezer outside, and he ate 10. So that
was good. It is very obvious to me that he is trying really hard. Clearly
he wants to avoid the feeding tube, too! Can't say as I blame him!! It is
so hard to sit and watch your child suffer with having a feeding tube
shoved down their nose into their stomach. It is so hard for him to drink,
to help the tube down, while he is gagging! Please continue to pray that
we can avoid the tube!! Thank you.

Well, that about takes care of the weekend. Tomorrow David has PT at
8:45am. I am glad I have a four-wheel-drive vehicle!! Please pray that he
doesn't have too difficult of a time at PT tomorrow. He is NOT looking
forward to it. And please continue to pray for his schooling. Pray he
isn't too tired after PT tomorrow; it usually pretty much wipes him
out~~~with his lack of energy and all. And please continue to pray that he
can eat the protein that he needs, and his heart will heal itself. Thank
you sooooo much.

I have another prayer request for you. The gentleman who gives us our
wood, Alan, is in Southern California because his brother is dying of
cancer. Please pray for Alan and Ron. Thank you.

Thank you for visiting and checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Have a
good evening. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Childhood Cancers are cancers that primarily affect children, teens, and
young adults. When cancer strikes children and young adults it affects
them differently than it would an adult.