Christmas was just around the corner and Ronnie seemed to be improving. Tests were coming back with a decrease in cancer cells and blood work was looking great. We waited patiently for the final results, expected just before Christmas. Everyone had been praying for the family and the funds raised during "Medicinal Tunes" had kept the bills paid for Ronnie and Ashley. The Hyatt had continued to pay his insurance through donations from various employees and they were holding his job in hopes of his return....(like I said before, great people!)
Stephen's hair was getting unruly as he refused to cut it until Ronnie returned to work. I guess it was the only way he felt he could do something in this helpless situation. His intentions were to donate his hair to one of the organizations that make wigs for cancer patience; once it was long enough.
On the day the test results came in, the entire family had reason to celebrate. All tests showed Ronnie to be cancer free. It would be a great Christmas for us all. Ronnie would still have to continue on pain medications until his body recuperated and the stint in his heart was removed. This would be several more months.
A few weeks later he was told he could return to work. Stephen's hair was not quite long enough to donate but I was glad to see it cut. Ronnie, who had lost all of his hair in the first weeks of chemo, now had to wait for his to grow back.
The baby was due in less than a month and I was glad that Ronnie would be there for the delivery. Our family had survived this test and I felt that, in some ways, it had brought us all closer. Even though, it would not be long before we would make the final decision to move to our land in west Texas.
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