Will be up to you all to catch the crappie in Nimrod

Just wanted to let you all know after we received my wife's test results this past week at MD Anderson we made a dicission we must move to Houston to continue her treatment. Sorry I never got to meet or fish with any of you but hope too still after we get this under control and come back home. Just to make it easy I copied the Facebook post we sent to all of our friends

Diary of a Co-Survivor D+637.

by Merritt Dan DeLaughter on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:43am
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To all our Friends.

As most everyone has heard the test results were not good. This is not the news we were expecting and now changes everything. We are moving all treatment to MDA which will start on Thursday.

Our plan to continue Cylinda’s fight is very fluid at the moment. In the coming days I will figure out how to make happen what has to happen so we can do this. Like eating an eliphant we will have to take one bite at a time. Currently what we do know is we start a new chemo treatment on Thursday here at MDA. More test will be started and the process to qualify her for one of four clinical trials. We rejected participation in any phase-one trials. Phase-two trials are past any blind studies where some patients receive placebo drugs. The only way for us to participate in a trial is to live here so one of the easy decisions has been made…we move to Houston.

The trial we are trying to get Cylinda into is a HER2+ vaccine drug our Dr’s here believe we can get her into. It works much like herceptin by blocking receptors that tell cancer cells to divide. We will know more in the coming days. This is all going to happen very fast.

A dear friend posted tonight “Life is completely unpredictable”. So true…there are times in your life when things happen and you just don’t understand. Then days or weeks later it all becomes clear. This is that moment for me. I have not shared this with anyone but July 5th I lost my job with Stock Building Supply and now unemployed. At first I was mad, angry, worried and a lot of other feelings. In the past weeks I had decided well it was because Cylinda needed me to be there for her and that made it ok. After our test results today I know with crystal clarity.

We will be here in Houston until we win or lose this battle to kill the cancer. Here we make our last stand to save Cylinda’s Life. I will update everyone soon as to our status and what is going on. We have to decide what to do with everything in Little Rock and will most likely have a big moving sale or try to sell it all. Just not sure.

Thank you all for your prayers

This FIGHT is not over…..

DD

Good Luck and we are praying for y'all.

Good luck in Houston, keep us posted, and we will be praying for you.

Sure hope for the best , prayers sent. Stay on the forum if possiable. Maybe you can still fish Nimrod one day.

Prayers sent. Good Luck in Houston, and May God Bless y'all.

well we are praying for yours and you let go and let god hes in control

Prayers sent hoping for the best possible outcome.

Prayers sent.

Good Luck. I have been through that with a wife. I will remember the two of you in my prayers.
DP

Prayers are sent from me and the wife here.

prayers sent here too! Stay strong!

Just wanted to say thank you all. I will keep posting our progress. Not sure yet if I will have to but as you can imagin we will need to raise as much money as we can. within the next two to three weeks I may have to sell my boat and polaris 700 4wheeler and a few guns. If i do I will put a list of what I have to sell here.

I Thank you all for your prayers!

If you wish you can follow us on Face book @ Merrit Dan Delaughter in my diary under notes and Pictures of "a journey into the Storm" or our blog at [email protected]. I also have a group setup called Cylinda & Dan's Status. Be warrned the blog spot is not for the faint of heart. I posted pictures of the acident that occured while trying to kill to two large tumors that spread to her liver. Wy wife was burned very badly. I make this offer to any new cancer husband. if you need someone who you can talk to, I can share the things that has helped me support my wife and my self. After being in the center of a hurrican for almost two years. I would love to help in anyway I can.

Cancer Husband
Merritt Dan DeLaughter

You and Cylinda will both be in our prayers. Remember, God is in control. Bless you both.

Our prayers and thoughts are with you.

Prayers sent from Louisiana

Talking does help. Don't be like me though. I was too tough to go to counceling. I will always wonder what I missed. It is OK to get angry at God. Part of the healing is to learn how to forgive him just as he has forgiven you. Just don't shut him out and always seek his will in the decisions you are about to face.
DP

Prayers are sent. Amen DP. Every one dealing with cancer needs to read DP's post again. It is soooo true.