Still on the Trail !

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            Still on the Trail !   see attached photo.  Well, Thursday a week ago, July 9^th, I got pumped full of chemo again.  All day, 9 am to 5 pm.  And left with a carry out pump to pump another 48 hours of, still a different toxic into my body.  Laying there, in the hospital, on that Thursday I started getting a sore throat, which quickly went to my lungs.  When I got home that night I was coughing up mucus.  Well, like the times before I was so tired.  Can you believe you can sleep 10 to 11 hours wake up and be tired, real tired.  I guess my body and body organs are fighting the chemo.  Well, I would wake up and force myself to get up.  I needed to eat and I figured if I laid in bed I would probably get pneumonia.  So I would cough, cough, and cough up all the mucus I could. I would then go to Hard Times for breakfast.  After that, about 9 am, I would go to the office(where I have a bed) or home and go back to sleep to about 12:30 or 1:00 pm.  Get up for lunch and take a pain killer (no Cousin Bill, it’s not a pint of Fighting Cock Whiskey) but I wish it was.  It’s something they gave me at MD Anderson called LORTAB ELIXER and its 2-3 teaspoon.  Then I would try to put in 1 or 2 hours.  Guess what, Jon?  In that 1 or 2 hours from Friday to Tuesday, I managed to sell 16 acres on Katy-Hockley road.  Property ID # 321 at TrueToTexas.com.  When I said I would never retire, die in the saddle, I meant it.  And I also listed a 5 acre homesite, Katy Schools in Waller County for $196,000.00.  Property ID # 342. (while there, check out the Marquee and Great Places)  OK, it’s Tuesday the 14^th and I’m not getting any better.  In fact I have a low grade temperature, Wednesday my temperature goes to 90.5 degrees, Thursday to over 100 degrees, Friday, over 101 degrees.  I call the chemo doctor and he says, if it gets to 102 degrees or you start getting chills rush to the emergency room.  I take some Tylenol and a cold shower.  My temperature started down.  Wednesday July 22 and and I’m Still on the Trail.  I actually feel pretty good, today.

 I must have made a friend 20 years ago. “The Hallmark Queen”, she has forward so many stay in the saddle cards that it is embarrassing.  DON’T STOP! I love them.

            Let’s talk.  When I was lying in the bed for hours wondering if I was going to live or die, you know, you’re not asleep and you’re not awake.  This saying came into my mind.  I can love you.  I can hate you.  But, I can’t lose you!

            Also, I got to thinking; I’m going to find out the truth about this afterlife.  Hey, will I waltz into some paradise where my family and friends are waiting for me or will my soul come back to earth as another person or animal, or will my ashes just float down the Brazos River to disperse into the Gulf of Mexico.  I started wondering why this unknown wasn’t bothering me.  Why I wasn’t scared.  Lavern, you know why?  Because I have a thousand friends, family and prayer warriors holding my hands.

 

Happy Trails and stay out of the wire,

 

Craig Dickson

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