day 17

Today has been agood day so far. Mike is kinda ill somtimes or should I say short tempered.His nurse will come out tommorow and show me how to start feeding him thru the feeding tube so maybe he will not keep losing weight. i am going to post an e-mail our niece Jennifer Ward has sent out to family and friends.Keep all os us in your prayers and we do chemo againg on Dec. 3rd & Dec, 24 and radation is every day but Sat. and Sunday. here is the e-mail Jennifer sent out.


Dear Friends and Family of Michael Hicks, For those of you that do not know who I am, I am Jennifer Ward, the niece(Debbie's daughter) of Mike Hicks. I believe everyone is aware of the unfortunate diagnosis that Uncle Mike was given several weeks ago. If so, you are also aware of the long and hard journey that he has begun to fight it. He, my aunt Missy and my Meemaw took off a little over two weeks ago to Texas to begin treatments. He has left behind many loved ones that are on his team fighting with him as well. A lot of you have read his blog and have kept updated on how his trip has been going. A great deal of people have seemed very concerned leaving emotional and sincere thoughts and prayers. I cannot express how touching it is to read all the messages and how thankful I am that he has so many people here at home cheering him on. All the messages have not only been good for him, but also for my Aunt Missy and Meemaw as well. It is good for them to hear words of encouragement from home. As the blog has read, Uncle Mike has already experienced some really tough days and we know there will be many more ahead, but, at the same time we believe that it is all your prayers that have helped him through it so far. Please keep the prayers coming. He is going to beat this battle and we are all going to help! The road to recovery is not going to be easy, but as we all know, Uncle Mike is a fighter....a tough ole' fella that is going to be hard to beat! I am not only emailing to say thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, but also to let everyone know about a donation account that I have set up in his name. As you all know, they are going to be in Texas for at least 2 months. That means 2 months they will be out of work. I believe it is times like these that family and friends need to get together and help each other. My husband and I began planning a fundraiser, but being they are in Texas and all friends and family are scattered everywhere else, we thought this would be easier to do. The account is at Bank of America. The account number is 334020112959. If you want to donate anything, you can make the deposit yourself at any Bank of America. You may also send it to me at 2486 Warwick Highway Ashburn, Georgia 31714 and I will make the deposit for you. If you want your amount and name listed, you may email (jenward567@yahoo.com)or mail it or leave it on the blog (www.hicksfamilynews.blogspot.com). I will be sending all messages I get by email to Aunt Missy. Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers! Sincerely, Jennifer WardP.S. Please send this to anyone in your mailbox that you think would be interested in helping them out.