Sunday, September 14th

Hello all,

Very slow weekend, Harry's stomach was not quite right all weekend. He is beginning to stretch out the pain pills a little - so that is good also... overall slow but good. He has another Chemo treatment tomorrow..

For all of you who know my brother - We made it through another storm. He graciously gave us refuge during Gustav and then Ike visited. He lives in Seabrook, TX. Yes the one you have been seeing on the news. He was under a mandatory evacuation and they all got out. It appears that their home is going to be ok. No Flooding in his neighborhood, lots of wind damage but he has no trees - so that is good. Until he gets back to Texas we do not know for sure what or if he had damage. I will update you more after he gets home on Tuesday.

God has watched over all of us and I am really glad he spared our home for Gustav and their house for Ike, but it's kind of a replay - only the last time it was Katrina and Rita.. my brother and I need to quit tempting Hurricanes.

Love all,

Mona

Friday, Sept 12

Good Morning All,

It looks like we are going to avoid having to evacuate for IKE - but while we were out yesterday afternoon - the winds had already picked up considerably. We are expecting heavy rain bands and winds today.

Now for Harry news. Wednesday he went shopping on his own, to the doctor on his own, and did all the laundry and dishes... He was very tired on Thursday but otherwise he did fabulous. Today he is driving himself to the doctor again. I still plan to go with him on Monday's (chemo and doctor day) but other than that - he is capable of making that trip on his own. PROGRESS!!

Anyway - we are expecting to have a quiet weekend.

Everyone stay safe..

Mona & Harry

Wednesday, Sept 10

Well another new event.. Harry recorded scratch vocals for Benny - last night - 1 take.. He felt pretty good after.

Long chemo treatment yesterday, he tossed and turned most of the night, but he got up this morning, showered and ran a few errands and then drove himself to radiation. He sounded pretty good the last I spoke with him.

Hopefully he did not tire himself out - It really looks like we are moving forward..

Thanks again for all your prayers..

Mona

Tuesday, September 9th

Well all seems to be going very well. We are about 1/2 way through the radiation therapy. We saw Doctor Black yesterday -the medical oncologist, Harry will have 3 more low dose chemotherapy session and then approximately a 3 week break and then a full round of chemotherapy. We won't know until they take more scans at the end exactly how many more chemotherapy treatments to expect.

We see Dr. Monsour every Monday - they are going to shift the radiation a little to get it away from his spine and esophagus and maybe help his swallowing. Harry has lost about 25 lbs but they do not want him to lose anymore because of his immune system - so we spoke with a nutritionist yesterday. They are happy to let him keep off the 25 but do NOT want him to lose anymore until the treatment is over.

Harry is very happy with the loss though - he is a lot less lethargic and he feels much better.

Harry also recorded with Benny Grunch last night, for a new album in December, it should be great as usual. You can find information on the band at www.bennygrunch.com. Benny has been a true friend to Harry and I both through all of this and we love and appreciate him for that. This was the first time Harry has played drums since he got sick and he tells me it felt great to play.

We have someone coming to look at the roof today - to see if we have any leaking issues and get an estimate of repair - and it looks like we just might escape the wrath of Hurrican IKE. Let's hope it misses Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas completely.


Thanks for the prayer - they are working and we appreciate it ..

Love, Mona & Harry

Friday, Sept 5th

Hello all,

Just thought I would give you an update. Harry had radiation therapy yesterday - it was great to see that all the people who are helping Harry came through the storm ok, we actually missed seeing them.

I thought you should know that Harry spent most of the day writing a song. He has not done that in a while - boy was I glad to see that. He also was taking apart one of the drums he wants to have repainted for the new album cover. He even has a session to cut one track coming up. So since we have returned - he is definitely more active than he has been.

We should hear from the other doctors today or tomorrow and get back into chemo next week.

Thanks for all your prayers - he feels them. And we know that it is working.

Stay safe and we hope all of our friends in South Louisiana are well and home.

We're Home - Thursday

We made it back from Broussard last night. There are quite a few roof shingles in the yard but we can't figure out where they came from yet. We have a few things in the yard to pick up but we have electricity; cable; phone and water.. so we are doing just great. Harry is going to have a radiation treatment today. We are waiting to hear from the pulmonologist and the medical oncologist today or tomorrow.

Thanks to my brother and his family for their hospitality in Houston; to my sister Karen and her husband in Broussard for their hospitality... and to my sister Missy for making it through all this safely.

Thanks to everyone for being concerned..

Mona & Harry

Tuesday after Gustav

Hello All;

We have no information on our house as of yet and we are still in Houston. My brother and his family were very gracious in putting us up in such a hurry. We will probably head to my sister's in Broussard later today so we are closer to home and getting Harry back into treatment. He is supposed to have radiation therapy today and chemo on Thursday - but I do not think that they are going to let us back in until tomorrow anyway. I will keep you all updated.. take care..

Mona